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Lord of the Nile

by Peter Danielson

Reviewed by Coral


The two halves of Egypt each find themselves facing threats from threats from the unexpected.

With the end of his life nearing, Akhilleus is determined to place his son on the throne of Egypt, in a war pits old friends as enemies. It also sees Shobai’s daughter, Teti, named as the official armourer of the Egyptian army over her cousin Ben-Hadad. This slight proves too much for Ben-Hadad and he chooses to run from his life, hoping to finally find the answer denied to him by Shobai: how to create iron weapons.

In Hai-controlled Egypt, the agricultural policies Joseph implemented to avoid the famine were the cause of widespread anger amongst the populace. This anger has now turned to rebellion, as a powerful faction of men seek to remove Salitis from the throne. Salitis has once again been suffering from bad dreams and seems to be slipping once more into madness. When Joseph tells Salitis the meaning of his most recent dream, it could be the final spark the rebellion needs to topple Salitis from power

There were a lot of plots in this book and I found some of the minor ones kind of pointless. That being said, I am hopeful as some of them seem to be finally over.

I had thought that we would be moving more into Teti, Ketan and Seth’s story, as the next generation of children, but neither Ketan nor Seth really played a part in the larger story. Actually, I found it odd that, for the most part, it seemed like none of the Children of the Lion were really integral to the story. Even Ben-Hadad and Teti seemed peripheral at best.

I didn’t really like Tuya and Baliniri’s story in the last book, but I did like how it was ended here.

Joseph kind of annoyed me this book. I know he wants to be honest, but telling a man descending into madness like Salitis the meaning of his dream was only going to have negative results. And while I understand that his brothers did a truly despicable thing to him, watching him become so wrapped in finding out if they were worthy to be forgiven to the extent that he wasn’t paying attention to what was happening around him was aggravating.

Grade: B