The Buried Pyramid

Rating:
Summary: A Good Start, an Unfortunate Ending
Review: The first 90% of this book is written in the form of a traditional adventure (ala H. Rider Haggard) and is fairly exciting and interesting.
Unfortunately, the last 10% is a totally different style. It almost seems as if Ms. Lindskold had written a traditional ending, and was then told that it wasn't exciting enough. So she then pasted on a magical ending whose effect is rather jarring and bizarre.
In her attempt to merge history and magic, Ms. Lindskold would have done well to first study the works of Tim Powers, a master of slowing working magic into the story until its presence seems completely natural. Only then does a full-blown magical ending work. To suddenly introduce it forces the reader to shift gears so rapidly that the flow and believability is lost.
This is a noble effort that holds some interest for those with a passion for Egyptology, but due to its weak ending, it ultimately fails.