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Summary: More is Better
Review: After reading River God and the Seventh Scroll I had doubts that Mr. Smith would continue this Egyptian saga. How wrong I was!
I took this book with me on a cruise thinking it would last the three weeks. I finished it the first week because I could not put it down.
There are very few writers of ancient stories that succeed in keeping the quality above a "B" movie, fortunately Mr. Smith has the talent and style to achieve this goal. The tastes, smells and textures of ancient Egypt are beautifully woven into this story based loosely on fact.
In the tradition of Pauline Gedge, Mr. Smith is faithful to a narrative that not only captures the story of the Hyksos struggle to control power in Egypt,but could also be a story of the struggle in the Mid-East today.... Please continue the story in future books, Mr. Smith!!!
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Summary: A weak story full of Smith's sexual fantasies
Review: I hate novels where authors take a plot with interesting possibilities and ruin it with mind vomit. Literary license does not include dumping every boring fantasy that enters your thoughts. There's so much focus on sex that he wastes the reader's time with it. Smith is busted to private for this one.
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Summary: Another Hit!
Review: This is the latest novel that depicts Smith's magnificent writing prowess!!! Truly, he's the best.
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Summary: This is not the Taita I know.
Review: Having very much enjoyed River God, and references to Taita in
The Seventh Scroll, I expected to enjoy this book too. But here
Taita is not as I recall him at all. Before he used his wit and
learning to do marvelous things, but in a way that made it
possible to think of him as a real person. In this book he also
does marvelous things but via magic and communion with the gods,
all of which are portrayed as real. This Taita could never have
really existed. Instead of an historical novel, we get a fantasy
novel.
Also, the style of writing is very different, more clipped and it
just doesn't flow. I get the impression that the author is
trying to imitate the style in the series of Ramses books, which
I didn't like at all. Did an understudy write this?
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Summary: Does not reach the level of previous books
Review: Wilbur Smith is one of my favourits fiction writers since 20 years ago I read Sunbird. This is, from my point of view, the worst book of Mr. Smith I've ever read.The book has the usual Mr. Smith plot: male to male solid friendship, male to woman love beyond barriers and the most evil enemies he can invent but there are too many unnecessary sex and violence scenes and the plot is not so carefully crafted as were previous novels. The Taita character is transformed from a wise person that uses his wisdom to a kind of wizzard that uses magic tricks. If you read the two previous novels of Mr. Smith Egypt trilogy (by the moment) you can safely skip this one. Is there too much editor's contract pressure?
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Summary: Good follow up to River God
Review: I read Wilbur Smith's "River God" and was eagerly awaiting the follow up to it. When I saw that Warlock was released I was very excited. After reading "Warlock" I was not disappointed! From the first page Warlock brings you back into the world that Smith brilliantly created in "River God". Taita is back and he is a free man this time. He is taking care of Prince Nefer who will grow to become a powerful warrior and ruler. Wilbur Smith describes the battles of Egypt very well, and not a detail is missed. There was only on issue with this book that disappointed me, and it was Taita. Smith took a man that had a talent for reading the mazes, and made him into an all powerful warlock who could conjure storms from thin air, and stop anyone in his path with almost a look. This seemed way to far fetched and took at bit away from this book. All in all, I enjoyed "Warlock" as much as I enjoyed "River God" and hope there will be another in this series.
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Summary: absorbing adventure
Review: When I picked up this book I had never read any of the highly successful Wilbur Smith's books, but he quickly became my faovrite author. Warlock is a masterfully written epic that vividly brings to life the dangerous and compelling life in an ancient Egyptian world. The characters live well and there's adventure, romance, and intrigue all. Perfect for an exciting read in summer--top quality ficition and endless adventure.
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Summary: Perfect for "summer reading"
Review: This is a typical "best seller action book", and just as the blockbuster action movies, it delivers great entertaning. This book is a "must have" for the people that read the first two episodes of Smith's Egypt saga. The author previously succeeded in making the reader care about the chracters as if they were relatives, so it's nice to "hear from them now". Maybe the end is somehow not consistent in quality with the rest of the novel, but i think that improoving it would take few more pages than someone would like to read. So it's understandable.
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Summary: A "can't put down" book!
Review: As a Wilbur Smith fan for the past 20 years, and having read
"Rivergod" and "the Seventh Scroll", I welcomed this book like
and old friend. I was not disappointed. The book was riveting!
The actioned moved so quickly and vividly, I found myself
gripping the book and holding my breath, as I awaited the outcome
of the various battles and challenges along the way. Turning the last page and closing the book, I felt sad that it had come to
an end. Now I eagerly await the next.For all Wilbur Smith fans, this is a must read!!
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Summary: Taita's saga continues
Review: In another one of Smith's fanciful tales of ancient Egypt, future generations of royalty develope under the guidance of the omnipresent eunuch Taita. Taita has been inexplicably imbued with the mystical powers of an almighty wizard. He is playing nursemid to Nefer Seti, the heir to the throne of the Upper kingdom of Egypt, ruled by his father pharoah Tamose. In an act of treachery pharoah Tamose is murdered by his most trusted friend Lord Naja. Naja then usurps the throne from Nefer, the rightful heir, and plots his demise. Taita using all his mystical powers endeavors to protect the boy. In an ongoing plot, Naja sues for peace with the ruler of the Lower kingdom, Hyksosian King Apepi. At that conference Apepi's daughter Mintaka and prince Nefer fall madly in love. While peace is being pursued, Apepi's most trusted subject, Trok, the cousin of now "false" pharoah Naja, plots his overthrow. In cohoots with Naja, Trok murders Apepi and the royal family except for princess Mintaka and seizes the crown of the Lower kingdom. The story follows the maturation, in exile of Nefer Seti through the guidance of Taita and the quest to reclaim the throne which is rightly his. Wilbur Smith does a nice job with the interesting fictional history but Warlock lacks the charismatic appeal of it's prequel River God
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