2nd Place: Pyramid of Secrets (Pyramids of Egypt)
Pyramid of Secrets
As the second book I read in the series, the beginning was a bit hard to understand. The darkness and the confusion.
But pressing on, it became my second favorite of the series–because of that very darkness.
What I loved:
The characters live during the building of the pyramids, so during the Old Kingdom, 3000 BC or so, so much earlier than even Abraham (who lived in 2000 BC).
How in the world can you find HOPE for people living in darkness in a world where even Abraham has not been called (or even born) yet?
The masterful way in which the author accomplished this won me heart and soul into reading the entire series.
Where, indeed?!
The main character is attempting to manage the building of the pyramid while at the same time doing detective work into the death of his dear friends who keep dying in similar tragic ways.
As he investigates these deaths, he is drawn into a mysterious world he did not know existed in Egypt. And as he finds resolution for the gruesome deaths, he likewise finds resolution for the great darkness that has trapped him and his people and all the people in the Ancient Near East.
WOW. That RAY OF LIGHT right there–was profoundly beautiful to see. Well done, Tracy Higley!
