Paperback, 400 pages
Published Nov. 4, 2004 by Arrow Books Ltd.
this is one of my favorite books of hers. I really loved the story , I would read this book over and over if I could. Likely will some day . Its a great book :)
Another elaborate and engaging story from Rice
A rich old archaeologist digs up the mummy of Ramses the Third, a former great king of Egypt and rumored immortal. Despite all the written warnings in the tomb, the archeologist takes the mummy to his home in England, where slowly but surely Ramses awakens from his 2000 year slumber. The inevitable happens as he falls in love with the archaeologists daughter, and eventually screws up.
The plot of this book is very stale, even a little disappointing. Part 1 is still sort of OK, but when the major events in Part 2 start happening, you just want to continually slap your forehead in disapproval. How can he be so stupid? Stupid stupid stupid!
The concept of immortality in this book is interesting - rather than being strong in the darkness as her vampires are, these immortals gain power from the sun and they ARE indestructible - not even fire …
A rich old archaeologist digs up the mummy of Ramses the Third, a former great king of Egypt and rumored immortal. Despite all the written warnings in the tomb, the archeologist takes the mummy to his home in England, where slowly but surely Ramses awakens from his 2000 year slumber. The inevitable happens as he falls in love with the archaeologists daughter, and eventually screws up.
The plot of this book is very stale, even a little disappointing. Part 1 is still sort of OK, but when the major events in Part 2 start happening, you just want to continually slap your forehead in disapproval. How can he be so stupid? Stupid stupid stupid!
The concept of immortality in this book is interesting - rather than being strong in the darkness as her vampires are, these immortals gain power from the sun and they ARE indestructible - not even fire or grinding their bodies can kill them. So they ARE doomed to walk the earth until this world ends, very much in a Captain Jack Harkness way.
I admit that Anne Rice's way of storytelling and her way of describing those handsome, radiant characters is quite enchanting, but with this book she could have done a better job on the general storyline. Especially the ending is a huge disappointment. It's an open ending, not 'ending' anything, and it promises more, but as far as I know there's nothing more. Anne Rice didn't write a continuation of this story since 1989 and I suppose she never will.
