Egyptian Mythology in Literature

Title:  Flesh of the god, a mystery of ancient Egypt Author: Lauren Haney Publisher: New York: Avon 2003, c2002. Series: Mysteries of Ancient Egypt, book 1 Genre:  Historical mysteries, mysteries,               Appeal Elements: Location: Ancient Egypt Time Period:  Ancient Egypt, 3100 BCE – 640 CE Subject: Lieutenant Bak (fictitious character), murder, murder investigation, soldiers, widows. Summary: Lieutenant Bak proudly serves under Queen Hatshepsut, however due to a raiding party on a pleasure house frequented by many of the nobility of Egypt, he has been exiled. Specifically to a desolated  city within the Nile Valley – Buhen. His first challenge come in the form of finding the city’s most capable commandant Nakht dead from a dagger to the heart and his wife next to him covered in fresh blood. Is she guilty of murdering her husband? Or is this young widow tru...

Title:  The Anubis Gates Author:  Tim Powers Published: New York: Ace Science Fiction Books 1983 Genre: Science fantasy, Science fiction, Science fiction classics, Steampunk                     Appeal Elements: Tone:  Atmospheric, Creepy Location:  London, England Subjects:  body switching, murder, magic, time travel, gods and goddesses (Egyptian), wizards Summary: This story follows a 20 th Century English professor Brendan Doyle, who travels back in time to London, 1820. Although he was intending to attend a lecture of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (an English romantic poet), he finds that London is full of deformed clowns, beggar societies, monstrous experiments combining humans and animal, and most of all, magic. The atmospheric and creepy tone of the novel is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout this adventure, with murder, ...