Year of the Hyenas: A Novel of Murder in Ancient Egypt Review

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(More customer reviews)I stumbled on this book, and now can hardly wait till a sequel comes out. The protaganist isn't very likable at first, then you realize that he really is an honest man...and not perfect.
The descriptions of the time and place in Egypt were woven into the story, occasionally an author throws more historical information at you and you find yourself distracted from the plot. Geagley weaves a tale and the context without doing the "look at me, look at how much research I've done" interferance.
I particularly liked how he ends the tail, I saw parts of it coming, but not the whole surprise.
Really worth your time if you like mysteries--and historical settings.


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Nefertiti, Immortal Queen Review

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(More customer reviews)Nefertiti: Immortal Queen is form the POV of Thutmouse, the real life sculptor of the famous Nefertiti bust. The fictionalized story is about how Thutmose met and fell in love with Nefertiti, how he became a leading sculptor in the royal administration, and his enduring devotion to his Queen.
The plot is full of factual history woven through fictionalized lives. I rate this history very high. The literary style fits the author, Cheryl Fluty. Her profile states that she was a high tech advice columnist.
I find that the outstanding feature of the story is how the author wove religious facts with historical characters and political tensions. And one of the key threads weaves around Nefertiti's paternal grandfather and Akhenaten's maternal grandfather - they had a common grandfather - Yuya! The author shows Yuya to be the Hebrew Joseph, thus relating the story to the Israelites concept of one God. This concept of one God was embraced by Nefertiti and Akhenaten, and this concept fanned flames of hatred against the royal couple.
See Ahmed Osman's book "Stranger in the Valley of the Kings" for more on Yuya being the Hebrew Joseph.

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Her husband left her his throne and his One God. Her enemies murdered her and tried to wipe her out of history. But thanks to the talent and devotion of a brilliantly gifted artist, today her face is an icon of beauty, familiar to millions of people around the world.But it almost wasn't so. This is the story of the beautiful Queen Nefertiti; her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, history's first monotheist; and Thutmose, the gifted artist who was torn between his love for the beautiful queen and loyalty to his friend and patron, Akhenaten.

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