Desert God (Ancient Egypt #5)

Posted on 17 December 2017 by Wilbur Smith

New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith hailed by Stephen King as the best historical novelist and one of the world s biggest selling authors returns to Ancient Egypt in this breathtaking epic that conjures the magic, mystery, romance, and bloody intrigue of a fascinating lost world.Game of Thrones meets Ancient Egypt in this magnificent, action packed epic On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita slave and advisor to the Pharaoh finds himself at the center of a vortex of passion, intrigue, and danger His quest to destroy the Hyksos army and form an alliance with Crete takes him on an epic journey up the Nile, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon, and across the open seas With the future of Egypt itself on his shoulders, Taita enters a world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert sands, evil enemies await in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges of darkness. Best Download eBook Desert God (Ancient Egypt #5) By Wilbur Smith – kino-fada.fr The blurb is farexciting than the book Let s begin there.When the publisher offered DESERT GOD up for review I got all excited because it s ancient Egypt and it goes to all these pretty, ancient places and Wilbur Smith is supposed to be fantasmagorical when it comes to writing historical fiction Nabbed that one real quick My hopes were rather dashed as I started reading.What a slog this book was To the point of being painful I almost gave up on it ALMOST I ve come this far in my yea The blurb is farexciting than the...It has been seven years since The Quest was published, the 4th and what I assumed was the final novel of the Egyptian series by Wilbur Smith But the character of Taita is just too delicious a character to stop exploring at only four novels, so we can all rejoice that he is back.This novel was emotionally satisfying for me in several ways First, it s a nice return to form The first two books in this series, led by the ground breaking River God, were awesome but the third was not as enjoyable a It has been seven years since The Quest was published, the 4th and what I assumed was the final novel ...Sorry, Mr Smith After reading many of your entertaining novels, I found Desert God disappointing Dnf 20%.ok I ve just got to share how disappointed I was with Wilbur Smith s new novel just a warning, this will probably sound snooty as heck, but I consider myself to have a pretty darn good knowledge of literature and I have high standards to start off I have to say that I fell in complete and total love with the first book of this series, River God I have only been so emotionally engaged and moved by a novel two other times in all the years I ve been reading fiction in my opinion, it could not ok I ve just got to share how disappointed I was with Wilbur Smith s new novel just a warning, this will probably sound snooty as heck, but I consider myself to have a pretty darn good knowledge of literature and I have high standards to start off I have to say that I fell in complete and total love with the first book of this series, River God I have only been so emotionally engaged and moved by a novel two o...Actual Rating 2.5In a nutshell Desert God is not necessarily as epic as the blurb suggests, but it is a descriptive and intriguing read set in Ancient Egypt.Desert God is narrated by Taita, a freed slave It follows his story in Ancient Egypt as he attempts to beat Egypt s enemy, the Hyksos, and protect the Pharoah s daughters It is essentially an adventure story, full of the intrigue, violence and passion of the time period I wouldn t necessarily say that I learned much about Ancient Egypt Actual Rating 2.5In a nutshell Desert God is not necessarily as epic as the blurb suggests, but it is a descriptive and intriguing read set in Ancient Egypt.Desert God is narrated by Taita, a freed slave It follows his story in Ancient Egypt as he attempts to beat Egypt s enemy, the Hyksos, and protect the Pharoah s daughters It is essentially an adventure story, full of the intrigue, violence and passion of the time period I wouldn t necessarily say that I learned much about Ancient Egypt while I was reading it, but I was taken to a different time and place when I was reading Desert God I simply enjoyed reading the novel because it was set in Egypt I loved that there is a map of the area printed in the inside of the book Going into this book, I expected something a lot different and I think that the blurb is somewhat misleading I m not sure that I agree with the Game of Thrones comparison fo...I loved going back to the world of Taita and particulary, ancient Egypt There have been several reviews complaining of Taita s character, how he is so vain and full of himself I guess I was a bit used to it because, even from the beginning, he was always like that, although not to the extent as he is in this book It s been awhile since I read River God, so I could be m...If you have read Wilbur Smith before then you may be disappointed As an avid reader of his previous books, including the other Egyptian tales of river God and warlock, I was incredibly disappointed by this one I found the constant immodesty of Taita, rather grating as it was almost patronising I felt little for the characters and the plot wasn t gripping like many of the other stories have been I gave it two stars as I was able to read it and it wasn t terrible but I would not recommend it If you have read Wilbur Smith before then you may be disappointed As an avid reader of his previous books, including the other Egyptian tales of river God and warlock, I was incredibly disappointed by this one I found the constant immodesty of Taita, rather grating as it was almost patronising ...So I have read this series completely backwards oops I think knowing it s part of a series is what draws me to the info I m missing but Wilbur smith does write these in such a way you can read them as stand alone nove..., , Hykos, , , Hykos, The fifth in Wilbur Smith s Egyptian series was eagerly anticipated by his fans Three previous novels had followed the fortunes of the eunuch Taita, while the modern day treasure hunt in The Seventh Scroll had added a further dimension to the tale All had impressed me with their vision, the attention to detail, and the craft of a storyteller weaving intricate layers of plot within an adventure story that I never wanted to end.But then came Desert God.Sorry Wilbur, but this particular fan is bi The fifth in Wilbur Smith s Egyptian series was eagerly anticipated by his fans Three previous novels had followed the fortunes of the eunuch Taita, while the modern day treasure hunt in The Seventh Scroll had added a further dimension to the tale All had impressed me with their vision, the attention to detail, and the craft of a storyteller weaving intricate layers of plot within an adventure story that I never wanted to end.But then came Desert God.Sorry Wilbur, but this particular fan is bitterly disappointed I genuinely hope there will be noTaita adventures, because this tale is a big let down.It starts promisingly enough, with Taita leading a raiding party against the Hyksos foe that we have encountered in most of the previous stories Again we are immersed in a world of anc...

17 December 2017

Wilbur Smith