I loved the basic idea of this book, vikings sailing to egypt. After all they traded along the north coast of africa so there is no good reason why they couldn't have sailed up the nile.

However while the idea is great the book itself is terrible. It is badly written and the characters are poorly developed. The only reason I finished this book was for a book group challenge. ( )

READ IN DUTCH

This is the sequel to Relic, and some mystical Egyptian object has been found in Norway. It was left there by Vikings. I liked that idea.



The rest of the book though seemed a bit less interesting to me than the first, perhaps there was some repetition with the first book in this series. I don't really know. The ending was a bit disappointing for me as well. I still liked to read it, it was a quick read, but I haven't read any of the other books in this series. (I'm not even sure they were translated, and my Norwegian isn't really wonderful). ( )

Repetitivt (språklig, måte å drive historien frem på, tematisk), spekulativt, forutsigbart og kjedelig. Hvordan det går an med tema som arkeologi og religion er utenfor min forstand. ( )

Tof boek met allerlei raadsels die opgelost moeten worden! ( )

Un antiquísimo manuscrito aparece en Islandia. Para Bjørn Beltø, un peculiar arqueólogo, da comienzo una búsqueda sin tregua que lo llevará a recorrer medio mundo al encuentro de pergaminos, códigos y acertijos escritos en runas. Las huellas se ocultan en grutas islandesas, iglesias medievales noruegas, cámaras mortuarias y museos egipcios, además de en el Archivo del Vaticano y en la Biblioteca del Congreso de EE.UU. Bjørn Beltø se enfrentará a fuerzas poderosas y amenazadoras. Él no es el único que anda a la caza del valioso hallazgo, pues lo persigue un grupo de asesinos sin escrúpulos a las órdenes de un coleccionista de antiguos manuscritos religiosos, un jeque árabe inmensamente rico. Con asombro, Beltø descubrirá que, en el siglo XI, unos vikingos saquearon una cámara mortuoria egipcia de la que se llevaron una momia, un tesoro y un pergamino poseedor de un misterio de 3.500 años de antigüedad y capaz de cambiar la historia de la Humanidad.