Alejandría, 1977. Durante una inmersión a un antiguo naufragio, la arqueóloga Isabella Warnock descubre un artefacto diferente a todo lo que había visto nunca: un astrario, un aparato misterioso del que se rumoreaba que había configurado los destinos de faraones y reyes desde el principio de los tiempos. Pero su descubrimiento se cobra un precio terrible y le tocará a su marido, Oliver, velar por la seguridad del precioso instrumento.

2.5 stars - disappointing. ( )

Liked the book didn't like the characters. ( )

Really enjoyable reading! Thrilling, interesting twists all the way. I can strongly reccomend it! ( )

couldn't remember seeing a sphinx pay a significant role in the story. I was so lost in the narrative that I'd totally overlooked it. It's there - trust me.

From the beginning of the story, to the end, it gripped me, keeping me wondering whom was on whose side; from where would the danger next come. Once the story got going, I really couldn't put the book down.

Although the novel is couched in the mythology of Egypt and the politics of the recent past, the story doesn't lose the reader in either, and by the end of the story, with the final events that provide the denouement, if your heart doesn't go out to Oliver - the character whose journey the story follows - then either you missed something, or the book's simply not your cup of tea.

A final note, just to prove that the modern day 'First Medjai' gets everywhere, one of the acknowledgements made by the author is to Doctor Zahi Hawas. ( )