Review: Imaginative, Evocative Book. Nearly Perfect!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2013
When I hit the click to get this book, I did it because it was on a free day for the book. I admit it. I'm in a different sort of reading groove right now and this genre wasn't what I was looking for. I'm so very glad I clicked.I read this in two marathon sessions and did almost nothing else so I could keep reading. It was that good.Imhotep is a figure of mystery in history. His tomb has never been found and he excelled at some many different fields he is almost bigger than life. He also made huge leaps in knowledge, at least based on his work that appears to be true, and so the mystery around him is even deeper. This novel gives us a wonderfully imaginative romp through time to find him.Tim, our main protagonist, is a man at the nadir of his life. He has suffered a senseless and devastating loss and is now alone in Egypt carrying out the trip he was supposed to take with his beloved. He sees something odd while visiting a tomb and finds himself in the distant past along with two other modern age people. The adventure that ensues forms the basis for our time and secures the rise of the great civilization of Ancient Egypt.The amount of research the author must have done for this book is staggering. Every single aspect, from the food to the climate to the way in which the people are portrayed is incredibly detailed and, I believe, astonishing in accuracy. Based on all that one can read or discern from historians and anthropologists and archaeologists has been wonderfully distilled into a fast moving and intelligent story.The cast of characters is large but each is very unique and easy to tell apart. Despite Tim being our central character, it is another character...let's call him Apy...who really steals the heart.Super enjoyable and recommended for those who like a mix of alternate history type science fiction, historical novels, smart fiction and even mysteries.