Enjoyable storyline, but stock in many places. Also, the writing was a bit stilted in places, overly formal and it drew me out of the world I was reading about. But the concept of a love story that by definition could never be consummated physically, yet constantly reaffirmed mentally and emotionally, was touching. Yet I found myself believing the narrator less and less as the book went on, and at times had to force myself through to the end of a section.
May or may not read more from this author. ( )

Enjoyed reading this book, didn't really like Taita much - a bit too much ego = but in a way that made him more real. ( )

Taita is almost as bad as Ayla when it comes to inventing stuff way earlier than it was actually invented, and the reason is even more annoying -- instead of showing off all the research, like Auel did, Smith uses Taita's ridiculous talent to skimp on worldbuilding. Also this book wobbles on the line between absorbing and melodramatic and sometimes falls to one side. ( )

Antiguo Egipto, tierra de los faraones. En la ciudad de Tebas, durante el festival de Osiris, la gente se reúne para rendir homenaje a su rey. Taita, astuto esclavo eunuco, ve en él tan solo un símbolo de la decadencia del reino. Lastris, joven, bella y noble, está destinada a desposar al Faraón. Pero un apuesto oficial ha jurado vengar la muerte de su padre y llevarse a Lastris como botín.

letto probabilmente nel 1998 sicuramente dopo IL SETTIMO PAPIRO - Piacevole e romantica storia ambientata nell'antico Egitto, un viaggio anche storico nel periodo dei faraoni, viene alla fine nascosto il tesoro che verrà ritrovato due millenni dopo ( )