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The Mummifier's Daughter #7
The Tenth Plague
Ancient Egypt, 1229 BC
As Thebes prepares for the annual Opet festival an unknown plague erupts, indicative of the Gods’ rage. Bodies of those struck down by the Gods are found on the rooftop kitchens of Thebes, further feeding the citizens’ fear. The careful placement of the bodies, their presentation and the sadistic nature of their death all point to preempted murder and something far more sinister.
This while the High Priest of Amun attempts to manipulate events to his advantage, also challenging Ramesses’ authority by calling for the burning of bodies. Forcing Neti and Shabaka to opposing ends with little time to investigate the murders that could bring about the changing of the times.
The Tenth Plague returns us to a land steeped in mystery and magic. The detailed storytelling paints a picture of ancient Egypt in all its glory.
Bestselling author Nathaniel Burns has woven a delightfully dark tale around what must have been the most remarkable period of Egyptian history.
So stoke up the fire, draw the curtains and put your feet up in order to enjoy this delightfull tale of love, intrigues and mummies in old Egypt...
As Thebes prepares for the annual Opet festival an unknown plague erupts, indicative of the Gods’ rage. Bodies of those struck down by the Gods are found on the rooftop kitchens of Thebes, further feeding the citizens’ fear. The careful placement of the bodies, their presentation and the sadistic nature of their death all point to preempted murder and something far more sinister.
This while the High Priest of Amun attempts to manipulate events to his advantage, also challenging Ramesses’ authority by calling for the burning of bodies. Forcing Neti and Shabaka to opposing ends with little time to investigate the murders that could bring about the changing of the times.
The Tenth Plague returns us to a land steeped in mystery and magic. The detailed storytelling paints a picture of ancient Egypt in all its glory.
Bestselling author Nathaniel Burns has woven a delightfully dark tale around what must have been the most remarkable period of Egyptian history.
So stoke up the fire, draw the curtains and put your feet up in order to enjoy this delightfull tale of love, intrigues and mummies in old Egypt...
- GenresHistorical Fiction
212 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2016
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March 31, 2021
“The Tenth Plague”, a crime thriller of ancient Egypt, where a brainy female prefect stops epidemic Plague and prevents the spirits from the world of dead to come to the world of living.
“The Tenth Plague” is the seventh book of the “Mysteries of Ancient Egypt” Series authored by Nathaniel Burns. This book is written in the backdrop of a time during the rule of mighty Pharaoh Ramses-II (1279-1294 BC), who ruled Egypt from his capital at Pi-Ramesses. Waset or present-day Luxor (mentioned as “Thebes” by Nathaniel in this) was still the religious center of Egypt.
In this book the aged Pharaoh Ramses is camping in Thebes for the upcoming Opet festival, which used to be during the Egyptian month of Athyr during the inundation of Nile. Pharaoh’s three prefects Shabaka, Neti-Kerty and Moses returned to Thebes after completing a mission in Nubiah where Neti almost got killed at the hand of her captors, however, she survived after getting rescued.
As they return to Thebes where preparations are on for festival, suddenly Plague breaks out and people starts dying. The conflict between Amun Re priesthood and Pharaoh comes into open as Amun Chief Priest Roma Re calls Plague as a curse by the God Amun to non-believers and calls the victims are cursed and suggest burning them instead of Egyptian concept of burial for an afterlife, thus causing a social unrest against the rule of Pharaoh. All healers give away and let all Plague patients to their fate and die. At the same time, suddenly a killer starts killing selected people and place their bodies with some unknown religious significance, causing panic among the citizens.
Neti lead a campaign against the disease and with her embalmer background starts with cleanliness and hygiene and liquid food which the patients needed and starts getting results. Slowly Plague starts receding. Neti along with other prefects starts investigating the murders and finds out the patterns depicted by the killer matches with one of the thirteen forbidden religious scrolls. The killer need to kill another to complete the occult ritual to bring people from underworld to the living world and rule of the Pharaoh will be challenged. So, she finds the killer and lays trap and in the last scene the problem is compounded as the small daughter of Pharaoh is kidnapped for being sacrificed by the killer to complete the ritual. In the last Neti of course finds out the killer and stops him doing what was to do and saves the daughter of Pharaoh.
It’s a kind of crime thriller written around the religious beliefs of ancient Egyptians. In this book of the series the heroine starts battling the dead spirits also making the story to unbelievable level compared to the previous books of the series. To me this one is a pretty average grade book as the author is perhaps churning out more books with same characters thus getting short of ideas. You will enjoy the book more if you read the previous book
“The Tenth Plague” is the seventh book of the “Mysteries of Ancient Egypt” Series authored by Nathaniel Burns. This book is written in the backdrop of a time during the rule of mighty Pharaoh Ramses-II (1279-1294 BC), who ruled Egypt from his capital at Pi-Ramesses. Waset or present-day Luxor (mentioned as “Thebes” by Nathaniel in this) was still the religious center of Egypt.
In this book the aged Pharaoh Ramses is camping in Thebes for the upcoming Opet festival, which used to be during the Egyptian month of Athyr during the inundation of Nile. Pharaoh’s three prefects Shabaka, Neti-Kerty and Moses returned to Thebes after completing a mission in Nubiah where Neti almost got killed at the hand of her captors, however, she survived after getting rescued.
As they return to Thebes where preparations are on for festival, suddenly Plague breaks out and people starts dying. The conflict between Amun Re priesthood and Pharaoh comes into open as Amun Chief Priest Roma Re calls Plague as a curse by the God Amun to non-believers and calls the victims are cursed and suggest burning them instead of Egyptian concept of burial for an afterlife, thus causing a social unrest against the rule of Pharaoh. All healers give away and let all Plague patients to their fate and die. At the same time, suddenly a killer starts killing selected people and place their bodies with some unknown religious significance, causing panic among the citizens.
Neti lead a campaign against the disease and with her embalmer background starts with cleanliness and hygiene and liquid food which the patients needed and starts getting results. Slowly Plague starts receding. Neti along with other prefects starts investigating the murders and finds out the patterns depicted by the killer matches with one of the thirteen forbidden religious scrolls. The killer need to kill another to complete the occult ritual to bring people from underworld to the living world and rule of the Pharaoh will be challenged. So, she finds the killer and lays trap and in the last scene the problem is compounded as the small daughter of Pharaoh is kidnapped for being sacrificed by the killer to complete the ritual. In the last Neti of course finds out the killer and stops him doing what was to do and saves the daughter of Pharaoh.
It’s a kind of crime thriller written around the religious beliefs of ancient Egyptians. In this book of the series the heroine starts battling the dead spirits also making the story to unbelievable level compared to the previous books of the series. To me this one is a pretty average grade book as the author is perhaps churning out more books with same characters thus getting short of ideas. You will enjoy the book more if you read the previous book
September 1, 2019
Loved the Story
Good story line and dramatic. It was a very good read! The intrigue and tension between Neti and Shabaka was great.
Good story line and dramatic. It was a very good read! The intrigue and tension between Neti and Shabaka was great.
November 21, 2016
Plagued by poor editing
Perhaps the weakest installment of the series, despite some interesting spiritual developments in the story. The book is riddled with misspellings, grammatical, and word choice errors. You know it's egregious when even the main character's name is misspelled. Mr. Burns also falls flat in advancing the character development of Neti and Shabaka, which feels stiff and contrived. The end of the novel seems rushed and broad stroked, taking away from the story as a whole. So much potential wasted in bad editorial decisions.
Perhaps the weakest installment of the series, despite some interesting spiritual developments in the story. The book is riddled with misspellings, grammatical, and word choice errors. You know it's egregious when even the main character's name is misspelled. Mr. Burns also falls flat in advancing the character development of Neti and Shabaka, which feels stiff and contrived. The end of the novel seems rushed and broad stroked, taking away from the story as a whole. So much potential wasted in bad editorial decisions.
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