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Title: A Path of Shadows by Lauren Haney ISBN: 0-06-052190-2 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not up to par with prior entries in the series
Comment: I've admired Haney's Lieutenant Bak stories, but have to admit that this one just doesn't live up to her best. Bak strikes out on an interminable trek in the desert to find the son of big-wig. By the time the mystery is solved, you feel like you've spent WAY too much time in the desert yourself. The solution is not particularly satisfying.
I'm hoping that when Bak moves north for his new assignment, the series will regain its spirit.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Path of Shadows
Comment: I have read all of Laren Haney's Lieutenant Bak novels. I can honestly say I have enjoyed every one of them, including this one. For anyone interested in Ancient Egypt they are a must have. If you also like a good 'detective' story then they are a double bonus. The settings and stories are very believable as are the characters who are aslo very likeable - our hero, Lieutenant Bak and his Medjays anyway! One of the best things I like about them is that the stories are about mostly ordinary people - unlike many other writers who feel it essential that the their novels have to be about some exalted nobel or king or queen to be interesting to the public. That's one of the reasons these novels are so good - and it certainly helps that they are also good stories in addition. As for this particular novel it keeps up to the standard of the previous ones. Bak finds himself sent into the Eastern desert searching for the son of one of his superiors freinds. Naturally he is accompanied by an odd and interesting bunch of fellow travellers - not to mention the nomads that live in the desert -any of whom could know of the sons fate.
Rating: 2
Summary: a path of shadows
Comment: I'm glad a previous reviewer enjoyed this book and the previous one, but I did not. I too am a great fan of this series, but the last two books seemed flat to me--not very engaging. I certainly will continue to read Haney's books about Lieutenant Bak because when they are good(which they usually are) they are very very good.
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Title: Flesh of the God by Lauren Haney ISBN: 0060521899 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 28 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Cruel Deceit by Lauren Haney ISBN: 0380812878 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0066214718 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis ISBN: 0892967773 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: SPQR VIII: The River God's Vengeance by John Maddox Roberts ISBN: 0312323190 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 19 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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