"An excellent ancient Egyptian tale!"

I was sent this book ages ago but since I got the sequel to read for review, figured I'd better read this one first and I could just kick myself for waiting for so long to read it! This book was absolutely spell-binding!

First of all I simply love anything to do with ancient Egypt and this book absolutely captured my attention from the very beginning. This tells the story of Elizabeth Summers who has talked her uncle into letting her work at a dig site at Akhetaten even though women weren't supposed to do such things in 1892. She has an ulterior motive. She found an ancient papyrus in her grandmother's things telling of a buried treasure that may help her grandmother with her onset of tuberculosis. Elizabeth believes that it is her destiny to find this treasure to help her grandmother.

Jabari bin Tarik Hassid, sheikh of the Khamsin warriors of the wind has been destined to keep the buried treasure buried in the desert. These English infidels only serve to irritate him and his tribe. How can Jabari and his warriors get rid of them? Jabari decides to infiltrate the dig site and work there so that he can keep an eye on these interlopers. He does not count on Elizabeth and her tenacity. He is very much drawn to her but knows nothing can come of it. He has a destiny to fulfill.

This book simply intrigued me from the minute I started reading it. I highly recommend finding this book immediately and delving right in.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 30, 2003

Summary

In the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, there was born a love that can never be broken—that of a young queen and a great warrior. And while the warrior's duty to combat the infidel was strict, and though his beloved was the wife of Pharaoh, the two would be separated only by death. But then only for a time.

Elizabeth Summers comes to the dig in 1892. English archaeologists have made huge advances, and Egypt's fantastic history is being laid bare. And while Elizabeth doesn't know whether she is the reincarnation of an ancient queen, she realizes that in the arms of a great sheikh she has found her destiny.