This story involves a modern couple influenced by an ancient Egyptian romance which theu had experienced in earlier lives. The dream of a wave that influences one character reminds me of the dream of the wave over Numenor that Tolkien described. ( )

This story is long and involved. It is a story of a love triangle in ancient Egypt that had a tragic ending, resulting in two deaths. Now, it is England, and the protagonist is a young boy who dreams of a wave. He believes that one day that huge wave will crash down on his life destroying everything in its path. His entire life is driven by this dream, as he gets more information from it - the love triangle resurfaces, he is one of the players that has been reincarnated for a specific purpose. Will they play out their same roles, or achieve new ones? Our hero is hoping for new, even though he has little to no information to work from. They eventually work out the triangle dynamics in their own time, but with the overlay of past personalities helping them along.

This is a very emotional story, much passion, angst, drama and I feel it could have been shorter, actually much shorter. The emotional torture scenes were vivid and rather longer than I preferred. I wrestled with a three or four star rating for this, and I gave it three because it is so immersive, but I really feel that a shorter version with a more elucidating ending would have been better. By the the time I got to the end my response was Duh! Of course it ended that way - it had to, after everything that was foreshadowed a million times, how could it be any different?

This is the first Blackwood I would say to read at your own risk. It is long, so it takes time, so know what your getting into before you start it. I must admit, I'm glad it's over, and I won't repeat this experience. ( )