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Summary: Great story, awfully written
Review: This book contains an excellent story based on a very clever idea (the parallel lives). However, this book reads like a cheap romance novel at times, one of the lead characters is extremely handsome and brave and strong and .... Another is an extremely beautiful woman, the other a phyisically deformed genius. Some of the dialogue made me wince - the constant references to the Lo's handsome features, the constant references to doctor Kazin's intelligence. I will definitely not read any other of Wilbur Smith's books!
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Summary: an adventurous story of a lost city
Review: This is really two books in one. The first is an excellent story of the discovery of an ancient lost city and the mystery that surrounds it's demise. There are three main characters. The archeologist, his assistant and his best friend. The assistant of course is a beautiful and intelligent woman. The men vie for her charms. The second story goes back to the days of ancient Africa. The the last years of the city. This time there are four main characters. The king, the high priest, the oracle and the barbarian king. The characters in the first story are looslely associated with the characters in the second story. Anyway, what an excellent book. I have been reading an average of 125 to 150 pages per day. It's a real page turner.
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