The Eye of Horus

By Carol Thurston

Book Overview

Hired by the Egyptology department of a Denver museum to create displays for an exhibit, medical illustrator Kate McKinnon encounters an intriguing enigma: the mummy of a young woman who lived thirty-three centuries ago, her ribs broken, one hand shattered, and a man's skull between her legs. With the aid of radiologist Max Cavanaugh, employing the latest forensic and medical imaging techniques, Kate starts to unravel the millennia-old puzzle. And as the mummy's remarkable secrets come to light, a parallel story begins to unfold of a young girl born into a nest of vipers in an age when godlike pharaohs reigned in unimaginable splendor. Suddenly Kate finds herself on a twisting path leading her deeper into the shadows of anciet Kemet...and ever closer to the shocking revelations of a crime so staggering its horrific power remains undimished by the relentless passage of time.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380802236
• ISBN13: 9780380802234
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful look into the 18th Dynasty!!

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 out in her investigation and painting the most accurate picture possible.If you love the 18th, love ancient Egypt...pick this one up! I can't wait for her next novel!

Couldn't put it down

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 it's people. You are there seeing, tasting, laughing and crying experiencing it all. I found it a great read and am waiting for the next book on the wonders of ancient Egypt.

Wow!

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...!! I know when the sequel comes out I'll be the first on the waiting list!

Eye of Horus is impossible to put down!

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 minutia about ancient Egypt in the period following the pharaoh who may have been the first monotheist. Thurston is supposed to be working on a sequel, but like the reviewer for the Washington Post said, if so she has a tough act to follow.

Carol Thurston's time machine delivers at every level

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 pure fiction, since the author does a fantastic job of blending history (including real people)and imagination--what might have been, or could have happened. She also mixes current forensic technology with archaeological controversies, in the process exposing some of the unfounded and irrational conclusions historians and Egyptologists have jumped to in the past. From beginning to end, this is a thought-provoking and entertaining book. I suggest reading the author note at the end first, though....