Cleopatra's Needle

By Steven Siebert

Book Overview

Dan Rawlins, a world-famous archaeologist working out of New York's Metropolitan Museum, asks his assistant to find half of an Egyptian ankh in the museum's collection. But she disappears, only to turn up murdered. The relic is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Jacinda El-Bahri, a Mossad agent, is on the run in Cairo after stealing the other half of the ankh from a powerful terrorist. Known as Salameh, he plans to use the relic's incredible energy to unleash a power of biblical proportions. Across three continents and three thousand years, the struggle to reunite the ancient artifacts rages. And Dan and Jacinda, caught in the throes of an ancient evil, may be the only hope for the modern world.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812570715
• ISBN13: 9780812570717
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

I have read alot of books about Egypt or that use Egypt as there back drop, being what im most interested in. I though that Cleopatra's Needle was a wonderful book, and was written by a great author. I was just disapointed to find out that he has no other books. Everytime i see the book on my bookcase i pick it up and read it again!

Wonderful.

The author managed to make a book out of ancient Egypt and modern technology. The characters are well-developed and the story grabs and won't let go. The part where the demonic bird attacks the people at the museum was the best part of the book. READ THIS BOOK!!!

Good story, fun to read

As far as the writing goes, hey, it's not Shakespeare, but the author tells a good story. Sometimes I'm willing to settle for that. I found the Egyptology and the ancient story interwoven with the present day story a lot of fun. The two main characters were sympathetic, as well (although no Scully and Mulder as a blurb on the jacket implies).

Ancient Egypt meets the computer age in this thriller

Liam McKay showed Dan Rawlins, a renowned archeologist (at least among the masses), a picture of an ancient Egyptian ankh. Using his computer, Dan matched the picture with that of a half of an ankh owned by the museum. He asks his assistant, Marcy Lanford to find the museum's segment of the ankh. However, instead of giving the ankh to Dan, Marcy's corpse is found near CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE in Central Park. Other individuals including Liam are also killed. At the same time in Cairo, Israeli agent Jacinda El-Bahri steals the other half of the ankh from the supporters of the dangerous PLO assassin Salameh. Soon Jacinda becomes a hunted person as Salameh's men try to regain the lost ankh. Salameh, who led the 1992 Munich Olympic massacre wants to combine the two segments of the ankh into a weapon of unsurpassed might that has not seen this planet since the days of the bible. Jacinda and Dan will soon meet up as seemingly the only forces in the way of the terrorist succeeding. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE is an exciting non-stop thriller that will elate fans who relish a tale that mixes the magic of the ancients with the power of modern communication. The story line never gives readers a chance to catch their breath as they hop around the world. The characters are intriguing and intelligent, adding to the overall fun. With the millennium rapidly ending, Steven Siebert provides fans with a fabulous tale.Harriet Klausner