He Shall Thunder in the Sky

In the twelfth installment of the Amelia Peabody series, the year is 1914 and the Peabody family is back in Egypt for another season of excavation. As World War I looms, the political atmosphere in Cairo grows volatile, with British expatriates clashing with local nationalists. Amelia and her husband Radcliffe find themselves caught between their pacifist convictions and the escalating tensions, while their son Ramses’s defiant stance draws dangerous attention from the community. The narrative weaves together the family’s personal dynamics with a broader conspiracy involving a charismatic nationalist leader and a police dragnet that the Peabodys inadvertently disrupt.

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