Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters
Guardian of the Horizon, Elizabeth Peters
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Guardian of the Horizon

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Unabridged: 14 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/28/2004

Synopsis

A lost journal of Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the ""missing years"" -- 1907-1908 -- shedding light on an already exceptional career...and an unexpected terror.Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at home in Kent, England, when a mysterious messenger arrives. Claiming to be the teenage brother of their dear friend Tarek, he brings troubling news of a strange malady that has struck down Tarek's heir and conveys his brother's urgent need for help only the Emersons can provide.The family sets off in secret for the mountain fortress from which they narrowly escaped ten years before. The Emersons are unaware that deception and treachery are leading them onward into a nest of vipers -- where a dreadful fate may await. For young Ramses, forced to keep his growing love for the beautiful Nefret secret, temptation along the way may prove his ultimate undoing. And a dark past and grim obligation has ensnared Nefret once again, as she is helpless to save those she loves most from the prison of the Lost Oasis.Rich with suspense, surprises, unforgettable characters, and the intoxicating atmosphere that has earned her the coveted title of Grand Master two times over, the remarkable Elizabeth Peters proves once again that, in the world of historical adventure fiction, she is truly without peer.

About Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.

About Barbara Rosenblat

Barbara Rosenblat is a multi-award-winning voice actor for audiobooks. On Broadway, she created the role of 'Mrs. Medlock' in 'The Secret Garden'.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on November 05, 2024

An in-between tale, 10.5 chronologically (16 in publication) in the Amelia Peabody amateur sleuth in an historical mystery series and revolving around Amelia and her family and friends in Egypt. This particular tale begins in the spring of 1907. My Take Oh lord, this was good! Do read The Last Came......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on April 03, 2017

A mysterious visitor from a place the Peabody-Emersons visited once before insists he needs their help. Emerson is reluctant to agree but the ladies believe their help is needed so off they go to the Sudan on a journey from which they may not return. This is one of the best books in the series. It s......more

Goodreads review by Betty on November 03, 2015

The Peabody family is back their Manor House in England after Emerson's temper got them banned from The Valley of the Kings. A surprise visitor from the Lost Oasis informs them that Tarek and his heir are sick. and dying. They make plans to return to Lost Oasis. To their dismay arriving in Egypt tha......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 01, 2023

Generally, I like stories about adventurous Egyptologists, but this moved slowly and I never cared that much for the characters. Nearly stopped reading--but got more interesting as our heroes discovered a Lost City in the Sudan.........more

Goodreads review by Tracy on September 06, 2013

I LOVE the Emerson family, but this book was a big letdown. I suppose it was naïve to think I'd like all of Elizabeth Peters's books. The author's goal seemed to bring the characters into normality. In this novel, Amelia, Emerson, Ramses, and Nefret make mistakes and seem helpless. The whole reason......more

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