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What the River Knows

Secrets of the Nile, Book 1

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The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in this lush, immersive historical fantasy, filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.

A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape.

Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that's been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns for the most: her globetrotting parents - who frequently leave her behind when they venture off on their exploring adventures.

When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an rchaeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and an ancient golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there's more to her parent's disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe.

With her guardian's infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parent's disappearance-or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her.

©2023 Isabel Ibañez (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Action & Adventure Family & Relationships Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Middle East

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'Expertly plotted, explosively adventurous, and burning with romance.' Stephanie Garber

'Phenomenal.' Mary E. Pearson

'Luminous.' Rebecca Ross

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The narration did what reading this book myself couldn’t. I was completely enthralled by this book and did not want to pause it for anything even though I sometimes got annoyed by the lead and the avoidable problems

Brilliant va work

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It was a great book full of adventures and betrayal and some love 🥰 narrators voice was beautiful and easy to listen. I can’t wait for a sequel

Great adventure story

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The performance was excellent and the story was interesting, however there was a distinct lack of character development for me

Was ok

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Incredible, immediately downloaded the sequel.

Edge of the seat stuff! Can’t wait to read the next book!!

The ending 😱

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The narrator did amazing. The story was more YA than I expected, I was expecting more mature characters.

YA, well performed. Fun.

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