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Anubis Nights

The Fourth Jonathan Shade Novel

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Anubis Nights

By: Gary Jonas
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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A dead sorcerer in the underworld named Henry Winslow, a contemporary of Aleister Crowley and former member of The Golden Dawn, steals a spell from the Forbidden Texts in order to fulfill the prophecy of the Thrice Born. He divides himself into three aspects and goes back in time to steal the Emerald Tablets of Thoth from the Great Pyramid of Giza. He wants true immortality and to change the course of history.

Jonathan Shade's old friend, Sharon, shows up with the master of time, Chronos, to send Jonathan and his team into the past to find and kill Winslow.

Jonathan and Kelly arrive in Egypt during the reign of King Tutankhamun. As they appear from nothing, they are mistaken for gods, but when Tut is murdered during a chariot race, things get out of control.

At stake is, well, everything. Because if Winslow succeeds, the world as we know it will no longer exist, wiped from the sands of time.

©2014 Gary Jonas (P)2016 Gary Jonas Action & Adventure Fantasy Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Fiction Paranormal Middle East Ancient Egypt Pharaoh Ancient History Africa

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Poor Jonathan Shade: for the son of wizards without any magic of his own (other than being impervious to the magic of others), he does seem to find himself having to save the world rather frequently. This time he and his companions must go back in time to stop another dead wizard from gaining immortality and changing everything as they know it. And not just once, but three times.
This book is obviously the precursor of a series within the series (this is book four) as only part of the task is here attempted, with Shade and the fearsome fighter Kelly being transported back to Ancient Egypt in search of the villainous Harry Winslow. As in book three, the story is told from the alternating perspectives of the protagonists, which not only drives the story forward but adds extra insight into the characters themselves. Although mostly concentrating on Kelly and Jonathan, the rest of the gang - Esther, Brant and Rayna, - also make welcome appearances and we learn some especially I interesting details about Esther's past which are sure to resonate in later books.
As always, the narration is superb, with Joe Hempel's adroit voicings of each protagonist such that he becomes each character he assumes at the time.

I was fortunate in being gifted a complimentary copy of Anubis Nights, via Audiobook Boom, in exchange for an honest review. My thanks as this is a fun book in a very enjoyable series, with great characters, fast paced action, quirky situations and comedy, too. Best if read in series sequence, though not totally essential.
I am looking forward to book five.

"Because dead people don't get up and walk ..."

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Book four in the Jonathan Shade series and the start of a three part story line. Sent back in time, Shade and Kelly find themselves in ancient Egypt. Two other storylines are present for the next two books. Good story, that moves at a nice pace.

Joe Hemel does his usual good job, four books in and he has clearly defined the main characters.

Welcome to Egypt, Mr Shade!!

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I enjoyed this. The usual characters are all here and this time they're sent off to dispose of three aspects of the same bad guy. Jonathan and Kelly are in ancient Egypt where they run into the most famous of all Egyptian Kings and treachery abounds. I like the changing perspectives of each of the main characters as they're dispersed through various time periods.

The narrator does a good job although you do have to stay on top of some of the conversations to make sure you know who's saying what.

The story continues into Book 5. That's next on my list; see you at the end of that one.

Time travel. All over the place, and all over time

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This was my first Jonathan Shade audiobook. Its a good solid urban fantasy novel with some Egyptian and wild west time travel thrown in for fun.

Joe Hempel as a narrator was excellent and made it it easy for the different simultaneous strands of the story to come together. Multi strand frequently cut audio stories can be hard to bring off and can leave me cross eyed and disengaged. But this was done well and added the the novel. I enjoyed myself.

I always feel guilty reading urban fantasy books. I feel i should be reading something more improving. But life is just too short. This was fun and enjoyable and i may go back and get another when my audiobook backlog settles down. Definitely something to keep you going until the next Harry Dresden.

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Bill Scott
Edinburgh
September 2016

My First Jonathan Shade Novel

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I Enjoyed this audio book very much from start to finish great story line too
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

great book

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