The Watch Gods

by Barbara Wood

Book Overview

The powerful tale of an Egyptologist determined to find a mythic treasure buried in the desert sand--even if it costs him his life.

After losing a chance to be an assistant professor, Dr. Mark Davison is saved from unemployment by a stroke of extraordinary good fortune. A stranger arrives on his doorstep with an item any historian would envy--the journal of a Victorian Egyptologist who disappeared while looking for the legendary tomb of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596528699
• ISBN13: 9781596528697
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Turner
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Thriller

This is a republication of a book originally published in 1981 which is when I read it; it kept me riveted. I loaned it to a professional Egyptologist who was on his way to Egypt to work. When he returned to the US and returned the book he told me he kept him on the edge of his tent and that it was the perfect read while he was there.

The Watch Gods

Disregard the review written by the reader from Sabtiago, Chile. That person obviously doesn't have a very good command of the English language. If you want to know something about academia, field archaeology, life in a village in Upper Egypt, or something of the Ancient Egyptian culture, read this book! I am an academic engaged in field archaeology in Egypt. Except the ramantic episodes and the supernatural events, I thought Ms. Wood was writing about me as I read her book, only she made it a lot more interesting.