Guardian of the Horizon (Abridged)

by Elizabeth Peters Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

FEB/MAR 05 - AudioFile

A recently discovered journal of Egyptologist Amelia Peabody explores the missing episode (1907--1908) in the chronicles of Peabody; her scholar husband, Emerson; their son, Ramses; and their ward and Ramses’s future bride, Nefret, taking them back to the Lost Oasis to help their friend, King Tarek. In this, the sixteenth book in the Peabody-Emerson series, Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America Elizabeth Peters plunges her intrepid family into a ruse involving kidnapping, murder, and life-threatening danger, sparked by Amelia’s quick-witted dialogue and Emerson’s gruff grumbles of wisdom. The incomparable Barbara Rosenblat invests each character with a unique voice and personality. There is never confusion as to which character is being portrayed, and Rosenblat’s timing is, as usual, flawless. If silent film star Lon Chaney was “the man of a thousand faces,” Barbara Rosenblat is “the woman of a thousand voices.” M.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

FEB/MAR 05 - AudioFile

A recently discovered journal of Egyptologist Amelia Peabody explores the missing episode (1907--1908) in the chronicles of Peabody; her scholar husband, Emerson; their son, Ramses; and their ward and Ramses’s future bride, Nefret, taking them back to the Lost Oasis to help their friend, King Tarek. In this, the sixteenth book in the Peabody-Emerson series, Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America Elizabeth Peters plunges her intrepid family into a ruse involving kidnapping, murder, and life-threatening danger, sparked by Amelia’s quick-witted dialogue and Emerson’s gruff grumbles of wisdom. The incomparable Barbara Rosenblat invests each character with a unique voice and personality. There is never confusion as to which character is being portrayed, and Rosenblat’s timing is, as usual, flawless. If silent film star Lon Chaney was “the man of a thousand faces,” Barbara Rosenblat is “the woman of a thousand voices.” M.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

OCT/NOV 04 - AudioFile

The grammatically correct, deliciously verbose Peabody-Emersons are back. Recently unearthed journals of a previously unexamined period in the family’s timetable (1907-1908) tell of their return to the Lost Oasis (first explored in THE LAST CAMEL DIED AT NOON). Kidnapping, murder, political intrigues, and damsels in distress make this sixteenth episode in the Peabody Chronicles every bit as exciting as the others. Barbara Rosenblat’s fully realized performance invests Emerson with a bumbling authority and the 20-year-old Ramses with the pomposity of youth. Rosenblat shines as the ever-loquacious Amelia tosses off bons mots, manipulating everyone and everything in sight. Rosenblat’s tongue-in-cheek delivery and incomparable timing allow seemingly throwaway lines to snap with crocodile ferocity. Those new to the series will become instant fans, and devotees will be delighted. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170092710
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/29/2004
Series:	Amelia Peabody Series , #16
Edition description:	Abridged

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