The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh's Cat Novel

The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh's Cat Novel

by Maria Luisa Lang
The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh's Cat Novel

The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh's Cat Novel

by Maria Luisa Lang

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Overview

Now a New Yorker, the Pharaoh's cat--the ancient Egyptian feline with human powers--travels back in time to free Egypt's legendary Queen Nefertiti from a horrific curse, discovering firsthand why her mummy has never been found and her famous bust is missing one eye.

As in the first Pharaoh's cat novel, the cat is quick-witted, wisecracking narrator as well as free-spirited, ever-curious protagonist, and the story he tells is an exotic, imaginative, spell-binding tragicomedy. The Eye of Nefertiti also interweaves feline and human, past and present, natural and supernatural. It too contains numerous surprises, twists and turns, intriguing characters, both human and animal, fascinating revelations about ancient Egyptian history and culture. Added to all this is an ingenious use of the Tarot and Italian opera.

The cat is living happily in New York City with the High Priest, Elena, daughter of an Egyptologist, and their infant son, the cat's beloved Pharaoh reincarnated, when the supernatural gradually intrudes in the form of phantasms, the plot of an Italian opera, a Tarot card reading, and an unexpected summons to present-day Bath Spa disguised as an opportunity for Elena.

She and the little Pharaoh travel conventionally while the cat and the High Priest take the little boat they use for time travel and are diverted to ancient Stonehenge for a brief stop-over. The figure at the center of their encounter with the Druids has been prefigured in the cat's phantasms, the Italian opera, and the Tarot reading, all his uncanny experiences being in accord with a single design.

Reunited with Elena and the infant Pharaoh in Bath, the cat and the High Priest discover a secret tomb below the Georgian house where they are staying, and are soon impelled to journey to ancient Egypt in the time of Queen Nefertiti to save her from a horrific curse. They become separated as they search for Nefertiti and the cat has several adventures before finding her on his own.

He undertakes an ingenious deception to stay close to her without revealing his identity. Being so close, he falls in love with her. He succeeds in lifting the horrific curse at great cost to himself. Despite his love, he surrenders Nefertiti to history and, mourning his loss, descends into a psychological abyss so deep only the Pharaoh can save him.

Maria Luisa Lang was born in Rome and lives in New York City. She has an art degree and is an amateur Egyptologist. The Pharaoh's Cat is her first novel, The Eye of Nefertiti her second.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940185879634
Publisher: Maria Luisa Lang
Publication date: 04/25/2024
Series: The Pharaoh's Cat Novels
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 47,469
File size: 449 KB

About the Author

Maria Luisa Lang has published two novels, The Pharaoh’s Cat and The Eye of Nefertiti: A Pharaoh’s Cat Novel.

She was born in Rome, Italy, and lives in New York City. She often returns to Italy to visit her family and has stayed for extended periods in London and Bath Spa.

She has an art degree from the City University of New York, and her artwork has been exhibited in New York galleries. She is an amateur Egyptologist. Her fascination with ancient Egypt has inspired her to write two novels set there. Loving cats, she has made one her protagonist.
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