“Passion among the pyramids. Forged antiquities. A country at war. A camel in the garden. A cameo by Lawrence of Arabia. Add in Peters’s trademark intelligent plotting, engaging characters, and stylish writing and we can hardly ask for anything more.”
—Cincinnati Enquirer
 
One of the most beloved characters in mystery/suspense fiction, archeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody bravely faces gravest peril in Cairo on the eve of World War One inNew York Timesbestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s magnificent Egyptian adventure,He Shall Thunder in the Sky.TheSan Francisco Examinercalls these heart-racing exploits of Amelia and her courageous family, the Emersons, “pure delight.” But perhaps theNew York Times Book Reviewstates it best: “Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia—in wit and daring—by a landslide.”