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Publisher: HarperAudio / HarperCollins
Release Date: March 30, 2004
ISBN: 0060586842
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Format Reviewed: Audio CD
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Genre:  Historical Mystery
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Carisa Weeaks
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Guardian of the Horizon
By Elizabeth Peters
Read by Barbara
Rosenblat

         Amelia Peabody-Emerson and her family are stumped. After being run out and banned from ever studying in the Valley of the Kings again, they have no idea what they are going to do for the season when they head back to Egypt. Trying to figure it out, they spend their summer at home in Kent, wandering the estate and trying to fill their days with thoughts of something other than of being back in the place they truly know in their hearts is their home – Egypt. Her son, Ramses, wants to head off to Germany to study, but their budding plans get nipped when a strange visitor from the Lost Oasis shows up.

     When he tells them that he is the younger brother of their old friend Tarek and that he was sent to take them back to the Lost Oasis as quickly as possible to help the people figure out how to cure the sickness that is slowly taking King Tarek, they immediately set about making plans to get to the isolated desert oasis without bringing any unwanted visitors along. Peabody, Emerson, Ramses, and Nefret however, could have never guessed what they were really being led into.

      As they struggle to save their lives and the lives of their friends, Peabody and Emerson shine brightly as always. This plotline is set in a diary that was lost up until recently, and compiled with excerpts from a manuscript written by Ramses about his adventures with his family. I love this concept! It gives avid Amelia Peabody fans the chance to go back into a period of time that was missing from the series and relive the excitement of the lost adventures. The relationships between the Peabody, Emerson, Ramses, Nefret, and their Egyptian friends each stand out on their own, making the characters even more deep and incredible. It’s an adventurous read that will pull anyone into the land of tombs, mummies, murder, and mayhem!