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    Guardian of the Horizon
    Guardian of the Horizon
    Guardian of the Horizon
    Audiobook (abridged)6 hours

    Guardian of the Horizon

    Written by Elizabeth Peters

    Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJun 29, 2004
    ISBN9780060779153
    Guardian of the Horizon
    Author

    Elizabeth Peters

    Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this a good deal, and couldn't keep track of the plot to save my life. Barbara Rosenblatt is a great reader.
    • 2/5
      I am positive I listened to the unabridged audiobook at some point, but I cannot remember when, and for some reason never logged it here. I generally object to abridged books, but am glad I listened to this one - the abridgment minimized the parts of this book that got so very much on my nerves. The plot dragged the characters, rather than being driven by them. I suppose that's not surprising, since the characters weren't quite themselves. It's not a terrible installment in the annals of the Peabody Emersons, but not one that shines, either.
    • 3/5
      This is the third in this series I've read - I read #1 and #2 and then suddenly skipped to #16.
      I do feel like Peters made a significant effort to make sure that the reader doesn't have to read all the previous entries, however, that made for a LOT of backstory-catching-up at the outset of the book. It was very slow to get started.

      However, once it finally got moving, it was a fun, light adventure involving a journey to return to visit a lost tribe in the Egyptian desert. Plots, double-crossing rogues and colorful characters abound. It's sometimes a bit silly, but Peters' extensive knowledge of Egyptology really helps her create the atmosphere of 19th-century Egypt with both accuracy and an obvious affection.
    • 1/5
      ZERO Stars

      Slogging through....this tedious over written long winded story. I really do not believe that all the minute detail is necessary. I could give a fig that Amelia insists on washing all Beasts of Burden before riding them or using them on an expedition, or that camels are especially difficult because they move, fold & kick.

      More to follow..... I am skipping portions, because this is boring me.....

      From Buddy Read thread: I started one of these: It is so tedious...... TMI, just get to the frolicking story already!

      What an.....awful, dilettantish, trite, erudite & Utterly Predictable story. When you KNOW the person you have invited to your home is an outright dubious person and can not provide proof of who they are or satisfactorily defend their actions, then why would you follow that person into the desert, especially an remote oasis that the world knows nothing of?

      I stopped @ Chapter Nine. Such snobbishness..... I didn't even like the characters.
    • 4/5
      Unlike some of the novels in this series that seem to ramble a bit, this story is tight and focused. There's plenty of twists and turns but what makes it a pleasurable read is all the interaction between the characters - particularly Ramses and Nefret. It was kind of nice to see Nefret in a more vulnerable light since she is always tough and in control all the time.
    • 2/5
      Amelia Peabody is a great character and one of my all-time favorite women in detective fiction. She's tough and funny and she's got really good politics for her early twentieth-century setting. There's always great respect and appreciation for the history and culture of Egypt.

      But after all a while, all her adventures start to sound the same. This one throws in all the usual suspects, including the Master Criminal. It's fun, it's escapist, but it's pretty forgettable.
    • 4/5
      These books enter a new dimension with the readings of Barbara Rosenblatt. She brings such wonderful characterizations to the people in the book you can imagine them as completely real. Some times I am so eager to find out what comes next I am tempted to turn to the written version but I have learned to desist. It is not the same.
    • 4/5
      This adventure of the Emerson family was written out of chronological order in order to fill in a gap left in the story of Nefret and the Lost Oasis. It takes place in the year 1907 - 1908.When the Emersons are summoned to come to the aid of their good friend, Tarek, King of the Kingdom of the Hidden Mountain, they do not hesitate to return to Sudan to come to his aid, though they are suspicious of the messenger.When they arrive, they soon find that their suspicions were warrranted. Tarek has been usurped by one who has no right to claim the throne. The usurper plans to use Nefret and the Emersons to solidify his position.I've been reading the Amelia Peabody books in order, and was thrown off a bit at first by the out-of-synch chronology. I was soon caught up in the story, though, so that quickly ceased to be a problem, and I quite enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      This book is set in 1907 more than 10 years before the events of its predecessor. Ramses, just 20, but already desperately in love with Nefret, is planning to continue his studies n in Germany to try and escape his feelings for her, but his plans are thwarted when they are recalled to the Holy Mountain in order to help Prince Tarek, whose son is dangerously ill. Its nice to read about an adventure which has been hinted at in the previous books, although knowing subsequent events does mean that there isn't any sense of jeopardy, even when Sethos puts in an appearance. Other than that though there are the usual spills and thrills, the 'magnificent musculature of Emerson's chest', murder, mayhem and parasols doesn't disappoint.
    • 5/5
      I usually listen to these books so I missed Barbara Rosenblatt's interpretation of Emerson's grumpy cough and Amelia's quick one liners. But I enjoyed it none the less.
    • 3/5
      Engaging romp through "ancient Egypt". In the style of a cinematic romantic comedy.
    • 3/5
      I love this series! It's light and entertaining, if a little formulaic. The characters are fun, even if they are a little two dimensional. Great books for a lazy summer day or when you're looking for an "easy" book to read. Kind of like light Agatha Cristie Egyptian mystery.