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Die Jagd Am Nil (2000)

by Will Adams(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

3499249391 (ISBN13: 9783499249396)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

series

Daniel Knox

review 1: If you are looking for a fun read full of ancient Egyptian history this mix of adventure and romance is a rollicking good time. The second book to feature archeologist and adventurer Daniel Knox and his partner Gaille Bonnard by Will Adams is that rare instance where what we read between the binding actually lives up to the fun promised on the cover. When Egyptologist Knox comes across a lid being offered in an Alexandrian marketplace the fun begins. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the mystery surrounding not only the Exodus are involved, but it would not be fair to the reader to reveal more.There are plenty of good guys and bad guys, and enough historical speculation to please and enthrall those looking for a fun read rather than a historically factual text. Our hero Knox soon f... moreinds himself on the run from a bad Egyptian cop named Khaled and a twisted preacher protecting an ancient dig. An Egyptian policeman named Naguib whose wife and child act as his conscience when a young girl's body is found at a dig will try to discover what's going on before it is too late for both Knox, and his love Gaille, who has been abducted. Khaled's character has echoes of those 1930's adventure films and though set very much in the present, the book also has this feel.You'll have to read this crackling adventure to discover how Akhenaten, Moses, Nefertiti, Adam and Eve, and a hoax which might have an unexpected basis in truth all play out in an Egypt full of ancient secrets. Knox's pal Augustin is on hand, and might find a romance of his own, while Knox realizes finally that his feelings for his mentor's daughter are much deeper than he'd been aware. There is both excitement and danger here, and just the right dash of romance thrown into the pot, making this an entertaining and quick read you can relax with at home or on the beach.
review 2: I had a good time with this book, not for any reasons the author would have thought of. It tickled my funny bone that the hero stood on the brink of death at the end of each little section that focused on him, only to be rescued, of course, at the beginning of his next few paragraphs. I don't know how thoroughly he researched the connections between Egyptian and Hebrew Bible stories, but for me as a believing Mormon, it confirmed the idea that the gospel of Christ was taught to Adam and altered by various cultures over time to make it part of their own religion/mythology/folklore. Characters didn't feel very developed, switches from one to another seemed a bit jerky, but such a fun, quick escape. less

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