The Lost Army Of Cambyses

Oct 3, 2024 1:17 PM

Author:Paul Sussman

This gripping, captivating and wonderfully evocative archeological thriller by bestselling author Paul Sussman is a must read for fans of Clive Cussler and Wilbur Smith.

"A tremendous adventure, one of the most intriguing mysteries of the past, a great novel masterfully written" - VALERIO MASSIMO MANFREDI

"One of the best writers of international suspense in the business" - STEVE BERRY

"Stylish writing and deep research" - GUARDIAN

"An excellent book full of twists and turns." -- ***** Reader review

"Enthralling" -- ***** Reader review

"WOW what a brilliant book and enjoyed every bit of it. No hesitation in giving it 5 stars." -- ***** Reader review

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MURDER, INTRIGUE, VIOLENCE, BETRAYAL AND A RACE TO SOLVE ONE OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD...

523 BC: the Persian pharaoh Cambyses dispatches an army across Egypt's western desert to destroy the oracle at Siwa. Legend has it that somewhere in the middle of the Great Dune Sea his army is overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost forever.

Two and a half millennia later, a mutilated corpse is washed up on the banks of the Nile at Luxor, an antiques dealer is savagely murdered in Cairo, and a British archaeologist is found dead at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.

The incidents appear unconnected, but Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor police is not so sure...

And so he begins an investigation that will lead him into the forbidding, barren heart of the western desert, and the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world...

Reviews

'At last, at thriller that gets away from the hackneyed old "curse of Tut" stuff...the fast paced plot is one among many good things in this very assured first novel'

—— Scotland on Sunday

A tremendous adventure, one of the most intriguing mysteries of the past, a great novel masterfully written

—— VALERIO MASSIMO MANFREDI

Establishes Vargas beyond doubt as a cool, clever, original and deeply humane crime writer

—— Heather O’Donoghue , Times Literary Supplement

It is enthralling and great fun from start to finish... all done with great verve, wit and invention

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman

There is a haunting quality to Vargas's writing

—— Kath Murphy , Scotland on Sunday

A rising star within the narrow field of good, intellectual crime novels... Vargas has a marvellous way with landscape and secondary characters

—— Carrie O’Grady , Guardian

It's her winning blend of empathy, humour and moral determination that places her books in the best-seller charts

—— Christian House , Independent on Sunday

Elegant plotting and misfit characters, gives US blockbusters a run for their money

—— Saga magazine

Vargas's weightiest and most ambitious tome, but shot through with that nervy and sardonic Gallic humour that is her métier

—— Good Book Guide

Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand firmly demonstrates why Vargas is spoken of in such warm terms by admirers... universal in its cutting psychology, and the personalities of her characters are rendered with off-kilter skill

—— Barry Forshaw & Laura Wilson , The Times, The best crime novels of the decade

Essentially a stunning exploration of the darkest parts of the human psyche, one which will haunt the reader

—— Socialist Review

There is no doubt that Crime is a page-turner

—— New Statesman

Reacher fans will love it - it's all storming compounds, breaking hearts and not bothering to take names, taking justice into his own hands and to hell with the wos'name... a solid inter-Bond-film substitute

—— Maxim

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