Wilbur Smith: Egyptian Trilogy

[saliotthomas]

River god - the warlock - the Quest

One of the best selling autor of historical fiction,Wilbur know how to write good action books.Not exeactly very refined,is book are nontheless very untertaining.
Taita, the eunuch magician/mac Guiver main caractere, follow the pharaon familly for 3 centuries.Taita is strange hero,specialy knowing Wilbur usual macho type main caractere,this time it is an artiste who lose is manhood a the start of the first book.Inventor of the toilet with running water as well as best-of-the-market war chariot,he give the stories a more interesting point of view then the usual wilbur type.

I liked the two first,the third -the quest-should be avoided by the fan of the serie.I think Wilbur got a bit lost on this one.Maybe is new very young wife got the best of him!The book is just not good.Spoiler -he actualy plant a new penis in Taita with some magic seeds(maybe a metaphore for the viagra?)

So any fan of old Wilbur around?

 

[Libra]

I have read River God and I didn't know it was a trilogy! Great! now I have to add 2 more books to my pile! lol Poor Taita, some reviewers say that it's not as good because how can it be possible for a eunuch to have such authority , but I think he manipulated very well and even on the risk of getting caught , went forward anyways with his ideas. They found his letters I think, if I can remember my search. Thanks for the info!

I will be reading the third, I can't cope when their is another book out there not knowing the end!

 

[saliotthomas]

They found his letters I think, if I can remember my search. Thanks for the info!

This is called the" 7th scroll" and it's more of an archeological/action book.Not very good .
You should like Warlock

 

[Libra]

This is called the" 7th scroll" and it's more of an archeological/action book.Not very good .
You should like Warlock

7th scroll is about Taitas scrolls or no? It seems it's just a small part of another story.

ok, I just searched it. I was looking for info on how accurate River God was and they say they found Taitas writings/ scrolls and thats how the story came to be.