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Country United States Publication date 2000 ISBN 0-380-97659-5 | 4.3/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 400 pp Originally published 2000 Genre Historical mystery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Publisher William Morrow and Company Preceded by The Falcon at the Portal, Guardian of the Horizon, The Golden One, The Painted Queen: A Novel Followed by The Falcon at the Portal, Lord of the Silent, Guardian of the Horizon Similar Barbara Mertz books, Amelia Peabody series books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000) (also published as Thunder in the Sky) is the 12th in a series of historical mystery novels by Elizabeth Peters, featuring fictional archaeologist and sleuth Amelia Peabody.
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Plot
The novel takes place in 1914, as Ramses Emerson works undercover to gather intelligence for the British military, Nefret returns from studying medicine in Switzerland, and Percy Peabody returns to wreak revenge on the Emerson family for past events. The Emerson have acquired the firman for part of the Giza concession, but of course are distracted by the criminal element, and eventually by a startling revelation from the Master Criminal, Sethos himself.
Explanation of the novel's title
The title comes from a translation of "The Contendings of Horus and Set" from a papyrus in the Chester Beatty Library:
"Then Re-Harakte said: Let Set be given unto me, to dwell with me and be my son. He shall thunder in the sky and be feared."Awards
The novel was nominated for an Agatha Award in the "Best Novel" category in 2000 and for the 2001 Anthony Award in the same category.