ANCIENT EGYPT “MYTHO-ROMANTASY”AND ADVENTURE READS. Archaeological thrillers, mythology and time travel romance and mystery fantasy titles.

Sarcophagus. The Egypt Tomb Machine. “Among my most treasured books.” an archaeologist with a bow shoots an arrow across the boundaries of time. “Such a good story. (Have read it for the fourth time.) I loved the deep thinking that this book inspires. I loved the world that it tapped into, taking the Ancient Egyptian underworld and making it so real. I just loved the way the quest made Ryder change as a person, how it made him think differently, understands who he truly trusts and loves, and what he ultimately becomes in the end. I seriously love this book. I really love how he was torn between two loves and finds out who really cares for him... awesome. Among my most treasured books.” “Completely blown away” Just finished reading this book and am completely blown away. I couldn’t put the thing down, only when the iPad died could I get some sleep… the book’s ability to transport me to an unknown world (accompanied by a ridgeback) was magical. “Congratulation to Roy Lester Pond for a first class read. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

I write Egypt-inspired novels, but sometimes wonder – are writers the best judges of their audience appeal, their true readers or of their own genre? The dictionary describes genre as a ‘category of artistic composition’ or ‘kind’. My books have been variously described as investigative novels, archaeological adventures, adventure thrillers and action adventures. I am reminded of Hamlet, where Shakespeare has some fun with the idea of genres and cross-genres when the old windbag Polonious runs through the gamut of genres: “tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited…” Yes, my lead character is a man in my Anson Hunter series, an unusual, alternative Egyptologist with a sardonic line of wit, an agreeable nature and appealing flexibility. But what of the female appeal? The experiential young Coptic Egyptologist Kalila Nawal - we first meet her in The Smiting Texts. The beguiling She-she-shet who appears in inset tale of the Great Destroyer of Humankind (The Smiting Texts, also in a stand alone novelette Hunting Hathor). The glamorous university chair of the Middle Eastern Department, Dr Melinda Skilling who appears in much of the series. The sultry antiquities Egyptian-Greek thief Alexia - Hathor's Holocaust. The androgynous head of a new age group who calls herself Lady Neith - Hathor's Holocaust The British intelligence agent Gemma Laughton -Hathor's Holocaust. The mysterious female Mossad agent Zara Margolin - The Ibis Apocalypse. The young ‘space archaeologist’ Dr Katy Parkinson - The Night of Anubis Cruise… the revenant Isis in 'The Egyptian Mythology Murders'... … to name just a few.