In case you have somehow managed to avoid, evade, and duck the onslaught of promotion I have been doing for the Eye of Isis novels (and I’ll be writing about that on #thiswritinglife tomorrow), here is the first chapter of the first novel in the series for your reading pleasure. More to follow… 1 “Sheri!…
When a new book comes out, sometimes people give the author gifts to celebrate. When you have a new Eye of Isis book out, they give you a Sphinx rubber duck filled with lip balm. Life can hold no more. The first two novels in the Eye of Isis series. Order on Amazon.USOrder on Amazon.UK…
Join me tonight at 7pm at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale for the launch of Theft of an Idol, the third Eye of Isis novel! Middle Sea sensation Herminia has vanished just before the curtain rises on a controversial production of Lysistrata. The last person to see her alive has been most foully murdered.…
[from “Any Taint of Vice,” a Kate Shugak short story She drove into Niniltna and hitched a ride into Anchorage on one of George’s Suulutaq Mine crew-change flights. Kurt was waiting for her when they landed at Merrill. An ex–Park rat, an ex–bear poacher and an ex–drug smuggler, Kurt was these days a private investigator.…
Read more …the larger per capita percentage of perps and felons filled in the predator gap.
Impossible to over emphasize how essential the Nile River was to the ancient Egyptians. The annual flood watered their farmlands and was the chief means of transportation along its 4,000-mile length. A nation that can feed itself with grain with enough left over for trade and a reliable means of shipping it is de facto…
[from “A Woman’s Work,” a Mnemosynean short story written for Unusual Suspects] The Barka cast off and stood out in short order. There was a shout from the rail. “There’s a good inn about a mile out of town! The Soldier’s Rest!” “Thanks, Thanos!” Crow said. “Safe voyage!” “Good luck!” “Ominous,” Sharryn said. “He sounds…
Read more “Witches,” someone said in a voice meant to be heard.
So…Isis3 publishes in 12 days, as you could hardly have missed if you follow this blog. On November 3rd at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale I’ll be signing the hardcover, where people will ask me questions about the book, like where the idea for it came from (well, I’m sorry, but you do always ask…
In the Nubian Museum in Aswan I saw this display of thin palettes sliced from schist. The schist palettes were used to grind the mineral stibnite into the powder known as kohl, which Egyptians used as eyeliner from about 3000 BC on. We were about to see kohl eyeliner on many, many images of pharaohs…
[from “Justice is a Two-edged Sword,” a Mnemosynean short story, written for Powers of Detection] “And then the king figured out a way to stop the wars.” “He hopes so. Everyone was tired of war, like you and your father. It was expensive, and destructive, and it killed too many of us. How much do…
Read more “Nine Swords and nine Seers, one pair for each province.”
From the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu. It is one of very few contemporary images of Cleopatra VII’s sigil left for us to see. Note the Feather of Ma’at, second from right. It was the symbol of the goddess Ma’at, and of truth and justice in ancient Egypt. It is worn as…
