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      Hardcover The Eye of Horus: A Novel of Suspense Book
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      ISBN: 038097696X

      ISBN13: 9780380976966

      The Eye of Horus

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      A fabled age of wonder and terror comes to breathtaking life in a uniquely original masterwork of suspense that seamlessly blends the mystery and majesty of an ancient land with the astounding technology of modem-day forensic investigation. The Eye Of Horus In Egypt in the year 1359 B.C., during the reign of the young Tutankhamen, a girl child is birthed in secret by the beautiful Nefertiti, once queen to the heretic Akhenaten. Fathered by Ramose, who is soon to become high priest of Amen, the girl is destined to be a pawn in the power struggle for the throne, caught in the deadly snare of court-temple intrigue. Thirty-three centuries later, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon stumbles upon a disturbing mystery from this ancient world. Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, she encounters a fascinating enigma: the mummy of a young female, her ribs broken, her hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs. With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, Kate employs the most up-to-the-minute forensic and imaging techniques in hopes of unraveling the millennia-old puzzle. And as remarkable secrets come to light under their expert scrutiny, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers -- and her tragic destiny in an age when stone pyramids loomed over the silently shifting sands and godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. As the two stories coincide -- one contemporary, the other as old and inscrutable as the Sphinx -- Kate finds herself on a twisting path laced at every turn with unexpected discoveries and peril, all leading her deep into the darkest shadows of ancient Kemet ... and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering, its horrific power remains undiminished by the relentless passage of time.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Wonderful look into the 18th Dynasty!!

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      I just have to say I LOVE this book!! Aset and Tenre really grew on me as their relationship developed. Especially hearing all of things that happened at/after her death through Max and Kate. The present event were equally entralling. Then add in the accurate geneology and relationships through the 18th Dynasty...I was hooked! Thurston brought in all of the theories and "facts" that I prescribe to. She didn't leave anything...

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      Couldn't put it down

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Being a great Amelia Peabody fan, including anything to do with ancient Egypt I naturally gravitated towards this book.Once I got started I was hard pressed to put it down. This book is not for dummies. There are two time periods to keep track of, plus all the characters, present and past. It is full of marvelous ancient Egyptian information, and the lastest hi tech methods of discovering more about that mysterious time and...

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      Wow!

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      I found this book in a supermarket and thought, "Well, this looks vaugely interesting" and at 4 am I finally put it down! I really liked the way the book was written, a back and forth type that didn't leave me confused! I love Greek mythology and was suprised at how hooked I was in egyptian! I also love the way it went indepth with all the ways it explained things... the herbs, the mumification, the science to discover it...!!...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Eye of Horus is impossible to put down!

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      You may want to buy a copy for a close friend as well as yourself, because you'll definitely want to have someone to talk with about this one. You'll also need to keep reminding yourself that it's fiction--who Aset is, what happened to her, and why--even though, as it turns out, this mummy actually exists! A mesmerizing tale filled with political intrigue both ancient and modern, deeply affecting characters, and fascinating...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Carol Thurston's time machine delivers at every level

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      The entwined modern and ancient stories Thurston tells in The Eye of Horus transcend the mystery genre, as does her writing. Not that there isn't plenty of mystery, or suspense. It's just that her characters come so alive, especially the ancient Egyptians--Aset and Tenre and Pagosh--that you don't want the book to end. Even then they stay with you. You'll also end up wondering what's true, because much of it is, and what's...

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