tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33098132927126281312024-03-19T04:59:49.143-05:00The Devil Winds and Other FictionInge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-66271082430425161422024-02-02T08:00:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:24:43.409-06:00A Supervolcano On The Verge <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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when some stuff in the fiction they write comes true and alive. Let’s hope this
one doesn’t; because the beast that would rear its deadly head here is
Yellowstone, the Supervolcano.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">After
the Cataclysm,</b> my fictional protagonists struggle to survive a decimated
North American continent after the vast caldron of Yellowstone has blown its top. Makes for an exciting story.</span></span></div>
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foretold, the threat, alas, is all too real in our time. Just as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>with the threat from outer space, scientists,
however, are working hard on how to save us from extinction; which is funny (well, not
really at all) because on the other hand, the minds of little people plot annihilation.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I just came
across this article in Mach/Environment</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><i>Scientists Hatch Bold Plan to save Planet from
Supervolcano,</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Kate Baggaley.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-hatch-bold-plan-save-planet-supervolcano-ncna799166" target="_blank">bold-plan-to-save-planet</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-2882810810700009532024-02-01T19:56:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:20:35.229-06:00Fact in Fiction - Part 1 of 5 <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Every movie lately
seems to have “The Making of ...” clips. Well, here is a little insight into
“The Making of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Legends of the Winged
Scarab</i>” series, Part 1.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">With my historical saga, reaching back to 3080 BC,
the question was how much research a writer should do on his or her chosen era.
My answer: A lot. Next, how much “real history” should be incorporated into a
novel. I’d say, 10% (unless writers want to emulate James Michener – still one
of my favorite authors, by the way). These days, however, most of us must
remember, it’s fiction. Readers these days want to be entertained rather than
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">When I started my research into Ancient Egypt (and
by that, I mean, really ancient), the biggest confusion was over city names. It
would have been easy to use Memphis, for instance. But that name – like most of
the commonly used ancient names – came from the Greeks, specifically the historian
Herodotus who described many of the wonders he found in Egypt<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> during his visit around 490 BC. At the time,
Egypt was under Persian occupation in the 27<sup>th</sup> Dynasty - a full
three-thousand years after my story takes place <br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(during the 1<sup>st</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Therefore, I resorted to
use the ancient Egyptian names (wherever I could find them). But, for my
readers, I enclosed an appendix with both names and a map in the hope this would
satisfy the historically curious. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In recent years, Egypt
began to use Arabic names for its towns. Still, many of the tourist sites still
bear their familiar Greek names.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">As to real people, I only used Aha, the Horus-King.
He is documented as the second king of the First Dynasty. Its first king and
founder of Egypt is usually said to have been Narmer (or Menes). There is also the
mysterious Scorpion King of Dynasty Zero. Egyptologists’ opinions on dates vary
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from the figment of my imagination (although, he really did have a son called
Djer; his successor). </span></div>
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Tyson calls it “the Argument from Ignorance.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> However, I did have proof that </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Aha
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together. Why? There are cartouches with him wearing the double crown indicating
both regions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And, of course, there is the dreaded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">khamsin</i> (<i>the devil wind of fifty
days)</i>, its choking red sand bringing death to those caught in the open.
Will it overcome our young lovers as they try to outrun their pursuers in a desperate
flight through the Wadi Hammamat. No longer awash, this arid gorge was already an
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">One of my biggest worry, however, was whether or not
there were donkeys at the time. You think that’s silly. But I poured over
volume after volume in hopes of finding a depiction of my desperately needed
flea-ridden ass (camels and horses were introduced only much later). Since donkeys
were used primarily by commoners and farmers, artists did not depict them on
tomb paintings and stone reliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
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chafe his royal backside raw on a donkey. Perhaps he appreciated my ruse of
escape from enemies’ spies, for his real mummy was found buried with the
remains of ten donkeys to accompany him into the Afterlife. Would it have
mattered if wild asses had not yet been domesticated? Yes. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For instance, I read
some Nile/Nefertiti novel in which the author describes a woman’s “strawberry-lips,”
and “apricot-cheeks.” No strawberries. And precious apricots were brought in
from Lebanon – in their dried form. Imagine a maiden’s puckered brown cheeks. Put
me right off. </span><br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I didn’t want to make a mistake like that. Still, an
observant reader chided me for the use of royal “bark” instead of “barque.”
When I politely countered with an explanation about the 15<sup>th</sup> century
use of the Portuguese word “barque,” she graciously upped her review to a
glowing five stars. Needless to say, there was some private gloating on my
side. Mostly, though, it reinforced my belief that when in doubt, check and
double-check. </span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In the end, while Historical Fiction must ring true
to its time, it has to be readable. Loving or hating those characters, readers want
to care about them. Oh, and do we writers love to invent hateful people. They
are often the most intriguing of the bunch. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Take
my ugly vizier, Ebu al-Saqqara,</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> for instance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Lowly of birth, ambitious to the point of treason,
he is being <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">interviewed</b> by the
best-selling British author <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Helen
Hollick</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Read what my puffed-up Ebu al-Saqqara has to crow
about here: </span><br />
<b><a href="http://devilwinds.blogspot.com/2018/10/king-ahas-malicious-vizier.html" target="_blank">http://devilwinds.blogspot.com/2018/10/king-ahas-malicious-vizier.html</a></b><br />
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5 of the Legends of the Winged Scarab Series</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Love
the cover (if I say so myself). It’s part of an original photograph taken in
Morocco’s desert by Canadian poet Jim Bennett. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">(Do check out Mr. Bennett's wonderful
poetry <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Bennett/e/B005HSHNLE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1435915819&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">here</span></a></b></span><u><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">) </span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
approached Jim if I might use part of it for The Nile Conspiracy’s cover as it
so aptly portrayed Egypt’s fight for water. He generously granted me the rights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The main gist of the novel centers
around the (real) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grand Ethiopian Grand
Renaissance Dam – </b>and Egypt’s grave and most real concern about the Blue
Nile (from where the country receives 85% of its water). Could the Nile downstream turn into a trickle
once the gargantuan dam reservoir starts to fill (supposedly taking
up to five years). In the novel, Egypt sets out “to do something” about it with the "help" of one of my bad boys, Vergil. (Hopefully NOT to
become a reality).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Read "An Interview with A Pirate" here on this blog:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://devilwinds.blogspot.com/2018/08/an-interview-with-pirate.html" target="_blank">http://devilwinds.blogspot.com/2018/08/an-interview-with-pirate.html</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Check out
an Excellent BBC YouTube clip about the Nile’s Journey, entitled:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Grand Renaissance Dam| Why Egypt
Will Go To War with Ethiopia</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVdbiQC0Ick" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVdbiQC0Ick</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When I stumbled upon the idea of using
the Dam in my novel, it was supposed to be opened in 2016. I never imagined
that it would become such a controversial project for Ethiopia, Egypt and the Sudan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In July, Ethiopians
were in shock and in a state of disbelief following the tragic death of <b>Semegnew
Bekele</b>, chief engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam who oversaw
the multi-billion dollar dam project. Officially, his death was ruled a suicide
due to mounting pressure about the dam’s delays and cost overruns. There is also
an unconfirmed belief that he was murdered. So sad. He was a good man and a dedicated engineer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://www.nazret.com/2018/07/26/engineer-semegnew-bekele-is-found-dead/" target="_blank">https://www.nazret.com/2018/07/26/engineer-semegnew-bekele-is-found-dead/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Interspersed in the book are many other
trials and tribulations my protagonists (and their adversaries) must face –
along with a treasure hunt through the real <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lost Labyrinth of Egypt</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Nile Conspiracy</i></b> brings
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Legends of the Winged Scarab</b> series
to an end, there might be a prequel about Ancient Crete – way before the
Minoans. Following a prehistoric eruption of the volcano Thera, could those survivors have become
the first Egyptians of 7000 years ago? We’ll just have to wait and see if this
writer can get off her ... well, you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For now, however, I hope your curiosity was peaked
to pick up some of these historical fiction and adventure novels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Check out the entire series starting with Book 1, in Khamsin's Ancient Egypt, to modern-day adventures in Books 2-5.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sirocco, Storm over
Land and Sea -</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Book 2 </b>of the <b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Legends of
the Winged Scarab</i> </b>series.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">For this modern-day quest to find and decipher the ancient Golden Tablets
from Book 1, I incorporated real places and timely political events, namely the
2011 Arab Spring uprising. The regrettable chaos it brought to Egypt made many of my
fictional events plausible.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sirocco, Storm over Land and Sea,</i></b> my
Egyptologist protagonist, the exotic Dr. Naunet Klein, is sent to Cairo and Luxor where she meets a charming stranger. After a weekend invitation to Hurgada, she is kidnapped and spends some days
(rather involuntarily) imprisoned in a village on southern Crete.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></span><br />
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sea that she witnesses the terrifying demise of a South American
by-hook-or-by-crook art collector’s luxury yacht, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bucanero I</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">(Check out the
cover description in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">LookInside</i>
on Amazon.com). If, by any chance, you know of this painting’s whereabouts (perhaps in your Uncle Guido's safe room),
the FBI still promises a huge reward for the recovery of this priceless painting.</span></span></div>
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registered as the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bucanero II</i>, out of
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we also reconnect with my opportunistic <b><i>Con Extraordinaire</i></b>, Edward
Guernsey-Crock.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 150%;">The Crystal Curse</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; line-height: 150%;">(Book 4 of the Legends of the Winged Scarab series).</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZCLW7EY?*Version*=1&*entries*=0"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">http://www.amazon.com/B00ZCLW7EY</span></a></div>
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island of Malta on their way from the Canary Islands to Crete, my protagonists
must skirt a real number of oil rigs surrounding this historically
significant island. They are often towed through busy shipping channels creating hazards to transiting vessels (yes, there is an incident in the book).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> -- Remember the Malta Conference held <span class="st">January
30 to February 3, 1945 </span>between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill planning a final campaign against the Germans. They
also agreed on the undesirability of the Red Army pushing into Central Europe.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-rq9Dvt7VWeiB_erdTu60A2fab7XWhjcW_TVBzSmPoBe7NxrrjDrnsGoD_yDiqAAz093GPMd6T1f9UcqFDjzU5idq2Vpqqc0gnqPqs0CAHc6ZpPzyGo7nAq3TCzx61n-EEdGEvgfEy8/s1600/Yalta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="250" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-rq9Dvt7VWeiB_erdTu60A2fab7XWhjcW_TVBzSmPoBe7NxrrjDrnsGoD_yDiqAAz093GPMd6T1f9UcqFDjzU5idq2Vpqqc0gnqPqs0CAHc6ZpPzyGo7nAq3TCzx61n-EEdGEvgfEy8/s200/Yalta.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">-- This was followed by
the <span class="ilfuvd">Yalta Conference in Crimea (February 4–11, 1945), between
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier
Joseph Stalin, divvying up war-torn Europe by demanding the unconditional
surrender of Germany, and other then-secret agreements.</span></span></div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Crystal Curse</i></b>, once again, the new leaders of the supervolcano-devastated world plot on Malta,
with China and South America in the fore. Here, I touch on the island-building
fortifications by the Chinese on and around the hotly disputed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spratley Islands</b> in the South China
Seas.</span></span></div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">If you think "well, that's far away," think again. This YouTube video may just tell us of how China ramps up its island-building for military purposes.</span></span></div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But
mostly, together with my “goodies and baddies,” we explore the dangers and wonders of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lost Labyrinth of Egypt</b> near Hawara in
the Fayum. The complex is deemed to predate Egypt's Old Kingdom by thousands of years.</span></span></div>
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existence. Were they hiding something sinister or too valuable for it to
be explored? </span></span></div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> "</span></span>The labyrinth is
said to be an extraordinary underground complex which could hold the key
to mankind’s history. ... there, we could find details
about unknown civilizations in history, great empires, and rulers that
lived on the planet before history as we know it began."</div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="https://www.ancient-code.com/researchers-confirm-giant-ancient-egyptian-underground-labyrinth-exists-and-could-rewrite-history/">https://www.ancient-code.com/researchers-confirm-giant-ancient-egyptian-underground-labyrinth-exists-and-could-rewrite-history/</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="ilfuvd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <b>But back to the fiction in The Crystal Curse: </b></span></span></div>
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Curse of El-Hanash, the Crystal Snake, seems to befall all who enter the
Lost Labyrinth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">One by one, the heavy tablets were handed down the
dangling starboard gangway and lifted into the A&N’s impressive captain’s
launch. Hovering on the upper steps were an anxious Lorenzo and a very jittery
Jabari. Despite both men suspecting they had lost their own claim to ownership
of the ancient gold, every time the launch’s bumpers clanged against the small
bobbing platform, the two men winced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Are you sure we’re doing the right thing?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> As soon as we’ve loaded the last of this lot, I want
you to get my group together to be ferried on over.” By his group, he meant
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Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-63448383623107305922024-02-01T11:30:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:22:14.797-06:00Fact in Fiction - Part 3 of 5 <br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fiction here is that the Yellowstone Supervolcano caldera finally blows its top, devastating the North American continent. (<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now,
that bit I really, really hope will remain fiction - at least for another
millennia, though </span>the warnings from scientists are real).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
of a sudden—long foretold by scientists but unheeded by politicians—the earth
goes mad. With a roar felt around the globe, the North American Yellowstone
Supervolcano explodes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>... </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">As to the Facts:</span></span> The <i><a href="https://www.google.com/#q=lyubov+orlova+ship&tbm=nws" target="_blank">Lyubov Orlova</a></i> is a very real ghost ship [this link is still good - more on links below]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am giving the old wreck a new life in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>After the Cataclysm</i>, Book 3 </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>of the Legends of the Winged Scarab series.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(The new owner's cook does wonders with his stews for the crew!)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My
Bostonian scientists have barricaded themselves in Jonathan’s home in Marble
Head.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> [I was always fascinated just peeking through the wrought-iron fence who lived there in such splendor.]</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">We sometimes include links to websites
of particular interest to attest to our research. In my Foreword, I had (and I
say, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">had</i>) included a site to the
missing Russian ghost ship, the Lyubov Orlova. A friend of mine was re-reading
her Kindle edition. “You may not want this link in here,” she messaged me. I
pompously let her know that I did this, because blah, blah, blah... Curious,
though, I pulled up the book’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Look
Inside </i>and clicked on this link.</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">To my shock, up came several suggested sex sites.
Holy Cow! Apparently, the group had given up on their domain, and it was now
available for “others.” </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">If you bought Book 3 and come across this link, I do
apologize. As I have said in Part 1, “check and double-check.” I quickly heeded
my own advice, re-uploaded the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sans</i>
this link, and also checked any other links that might have run amok with the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Jonathan?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hm?” He was not ready
to abandon the sweet drowsiness, feeling satiated, and in love with this
exquisite woman next to him. His wife. His <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nefertiti</i>.
The last thing on his mind was being drawn into any conversation. But he could
feel it. It was coming.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“What really happened
with Edward that day?” Naunet felt him tense in her embrace.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He did not have to ask
‘what day,’ and he took his time before he answered, “I met up with him on the
cliff, just before I found you.” He paused.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She waited before
prompting him, “And?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“We fought. As we
struggled against the wind and with each other, we lost our footing and crashed
into the shrubbery growing out over the cliff. I managed to hang on to an
exposed root.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Naunet waited some more
before she whispered, “And Edward?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“He missed.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“And then?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Sweetheart, all this
was a couple of years ago. What makes you bring him up now?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“I need to know.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Jonathan sighed. He had
always known the day would come when he would have to tell her. Why today? Why
now? Had his making love to her triggered some sordid comparison? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Damn the blasted man.</i> Would they ever be
free of his ghost? ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">(Read
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<br />Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-19002692822884840802024-01-31T11:22:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:22:45.611-06:00A Ghost Ship (Fact in Fiction)<p></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another “Fact in Fiction” I use in the Legends of the Winged Scarab series:</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fact: The former Russian Cruise Liner Lyubov Orlova was lost at sea while being towed to the Caribbean from Canada. A well-known ghostship, she supposedly was inhabited only by cannibal rats. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRa6OW2euycLq2xpq7cddNhHeaC9dwhI3qsgHfwPU9X3-N4WAJjWziIU0-_ZWZO_A9lyDX3gTdufbN4x5RqQu4qjbBJDuQqk4_oz1lh6at5FydxvBAM4Rw1gkYgaZw1biD7j6bBK6US4/s615/Lyubov+Orlova+adrift.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="615" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRa6OW2euycLq2xpq7cddNhHeaC9dwhI3qsgHfwPU9X3-N4WAJjWziIU0-_ZWZO_A9lyDX3gTdufbN4x5RqQu4qjbBJDuQqk4_oz1lh6at5FydxvBAM4Rw1gkYgaZw1biD7j6bBK6US4/s320/Lyubov+Orlova+adrift.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fiction: In Books 3-5 of the Legends, she is turned into a floating luxury liner by the South American billionaire-pirate Lorenzo Dominguez. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sailing her as the Bucanero II across the Atlantic and Mediterranean, Lorenzo terrorizes our protagonists who are trying to escape his clutches on a small sailboat headed for Crete (North America having been devastated by the eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano - hopefully, that event will stay fiction). </span></span></div></div>Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-61499804456620742302024-01-31T10:28:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:23:09.000-06:00The Kissing Bug (Fact in Fiction)<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Here
is another “Fact in Fiction” I use in the <b>Legends of the Winged Scarab</b> series:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The Kissing
Bug, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Chagas
Disease. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8danzWLL11lN_QyHZpmmupXUcylR4t3pnSPIO1bgVJXS0KSYSQyodSGX6h7ZJJKcuRUHXqlsnW5TAMZ7355xCmJcd-UCRhHckKk6ALlUZWIhiHpOn1hjrykwx5CwUofM6267CA6COz8/s966/Kissing-Bug.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="966" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8danzWLL11lN_QyHZpmmupXUcylR4t3pnSPIO1bgVJXS0KSYSQyodSGX6h7ZJJKcuRUHXqlsnW5TAMZ7355xCmJcd-UCRhHckKk6ALlUZWIhiHpOn1hjrykwx5CwUofM6267CA6COz8/w209-h131/Kissing-Bug.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the U.S., over 300,000 people live with it (mostly Hispanics from
Latin America). Over 8 million people in Mexico, Central America and South
America have it. The disease comes from the bite of a triatomine bug; it
carries a parasite which can ultimately destroy the digestive system and heart.
Worldwide, the disease kills tens of thousands a year.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
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Book 3 “<b>After the Cataclysm</b>,”
Lorenzo Dominguez, our billionaire art thief/pirate/kidnapper caught Chagas <span></span>disease as a boy in the abject squalor of the Venezuelan prison on Isla
Margarita. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In Book 5 “<b>The Nile
Conspiracy</b>,” Lorenzo's predestined fate catches up with him (at a rather opportune
time for our protagonists). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uLj9rxRf3l2fkKsXLcWTnFWKNc66m1zioRrs1_cj9nLarQ2Lv1tLNsExpi17qmmszmVdQp0BzT0iV4G50KEbznskuJbMvVpuCQGFzl9xVql6ZhFlPQEMvReUHX-OUIuXj-0MO5N4XiM/s1731/legends-Header.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="1731" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uLj9rxRf3l2fkKsXLcWTnFWKNc66m1zioRrs1_cj9nLarQ2Lv1tLNsExpi17qmmszmVdQp0BzT0iV4G50KEbznskuJbMvVpuCQGFzl9xVql6ZhFlPQEMvReUHX-OUIuXj-0MO5N4XiM/s320/legends-Header.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-47946915814073732772024-01-26T08:00:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:23:44.033-06:001000 Pages of Action/Adventure <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-12574461204593421862024-01-25T10:35:00.000-06:002024-02-08T11:24:11.517-06:00Tales of Ancient & Modern Egypt (and More)
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Legends of the Winged Scarab Series </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>KHAMSIN, The Devil Wind of The Nile</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>- A Novel of Ancient Egypt - <br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWQzTyBQcSEQ5pYzW_BUa_97SInrOVrEV9yBXHDDHpG50mjQ81yKQ2gw2WNcnBQrInTIkV0uGKf4d3Z20KspNXzwNp1YUPH0d5urfgCE99NKugEeNAdtahGv2SuO0ZN3bZrVK7F8Z6BY/s2048/Khamsin-Excerpts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWQzTyBQcSEQ5pYzW_BUa_97SInrOVrEV9yBXHDDHpG50mjQ81yKQ2gw2WNcnBQrInTIkV0uGKf4d3Z20KspNXzwNp1YUPH0d5urfgCE99NKugEeNAdtahGv2SuO0ZN3bZrVK7F8Z6BY/s640/Khamsin-Excerpts.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SIROCCO, Storm over Land and Sea<br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkW8clTaYOQKvs1Hh7hESv44nBVufaEqxFtOyOe-wTvRLQVhmkgAOHsJfC4y0Ca56qLPiiK8uUg3drZSFPBGyse2EaALMonnpw6mMeq-LUz0BYrgwx3hEq9CNJV7QnI0p1FHG3LDnQ9I/s1536/2-Sirocco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1536" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkW8clTaYOQKvs1Hh7hESv44nBVufaEqxFtOyOe-wTvRLQVhmkgAOHsJfC4y0Ca56qLPiiK8uUg3drZSFPBGyse2EaALMonnpw6mMeq-LUz0BYrgwx3hEq9CNJV7QnI0p1FHG3LDnQ9I/w320-h247/2-Sirocco.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>After the Cataclysm </b><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5btDbYBdjeNPLc68GgNB_9-TUmTKYZbp_9bWz0k_8iByLAf_JbfLmbjS-wqhZy1td1mnKF9E3sfhW1FP2ZiQ0QQ-fAIC4jCrGy_wdlRr-9dzNditgycZm_Uls5jyD5jkYzPmsHH-0Yc/s1536/3-Cataclysm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1536" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5btDbYBdjeNPLc68GgNB_9-TUmTKYZbp_9bWz0k_8iByLAf_JbfLmbjS-wqhZy1td1mnKF9E3sfhW1FP2ZiQ0QQ-fAIC4jCrGy_wdlRr-9dzNditgycZm_Uls5jyD5jkYzPmsHH-0Yc/w320-h248/3-Cataclysm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Crystal Curse<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJsqJq1htIJbkZjjn-mnXsLhfytMUHvlkkJl2OdcNiyM7mBD1vEoC907qXQbBsDswfU7UhgOG7DoxxKEEpf0aHYgbZ45rjembUbWSuGoL3xQhUHXAcaiw2tcQyYUal5bQ15ruTAGZioc/s1536/4-Crystal+Curse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1536" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJsqJq1htIJbkZjjn-mnXsLhfytMUHvlkkJl2OdcNiyM7mBD1vEoC907qXQbBsDswfU7UhgOG7DoxxKEEpf0aHYgbZ45rjembUbWSuGoL3xQhUHXAcaiw2tcQyYUal5bQ15ruTAGZioc/w320-h247/4-Crystal+Curse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Nile Conspiracy<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqTDLCAkI7e-Pn-emvtSYHaeHmICbaVK7Femu1jDBNl-3MTKb5ORoonlVXfrhw4w4Yq1gc_7bgyJFHmRpS4w-zMwHbU2sQdf_3_ZaPgoCj21XYm3Ar-xfGOQk2msiUQzIsHVcuPf34iY/s1536/5-NileConspiracy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1187" data-original-width="1536" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYqTDLCAkI7e-Pn-emvtSYHaeHmICbaVK7Femu1jDBNl-3MTKb5ORoonlVXfrhw4w4Yq1gc_7bgyJFHmRpS4w-zMwHbU2sQdf_3_ZaPgoCj21XYm3Ar-xfGOQk2msiUQzIsHVcuPf34iY/w320-h247/5-NileConspiracy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://t.co/DpYny5Pvu0?amp=1" target="_blank" title="http://www.amazon.com/Inge-H.-Borg/e/B006QYQKUS"><span style="color: blue;">http://amazon.com/Inge-H.-Borg/e/B006QYQKUS</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;">* * * <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">Also, check out these <b>FUN</b> Volumes: </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;">
</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Edward, Con Extraordinaire</span></b></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UsAd88g48TBTdTUBhLx4zz_nE9obGKymkzRU36TkRNVPWD3X1Vn-f9a7HHmFodqbEkjSaJnd1f39MBFULvL3gAS8XA2pPR5fjr9ak9lfAI3Ig7TrngjEkbazLt51JWLCD8JYWrVBHz0/s604/Edward-CS-012816-Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Just as you should Google yourself (and your
books) occasionally, I did this for the mysteriously vanished Russian Ghost
Ship, the <b><i>MV Lyubov Orlova</i></b>,
which I had instilled with new life in Books 3 – 5 of my <b><i>Legends of the Winged Scarab</i></b> series.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Dated November 19<sup>th</sup>,
2017, an article by Paul Harper appeared in the UK paper <i>The Sun.</i> (Curiously enough, I can't find any such headline in a US
paper).</span></span></span></div>
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ship has been missing for four years after being released out to sea, when on
its way to be scrapped in the Dominican Republic the towline snapped and she
was set adrift (a bit irresponsible, if you ask me).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i>Remains of Russian ghost vessel wash up
after it was invaded by hordes of cannibal RATS. </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Scientists believed wreckage that washed up on a Californian
beach may have been the mysterious MV Lyubov Orlova.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">And, yes, “my” ghost ship does feature cannibal rats
(with some dire consequences) ... </span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqwWcS-DgnfaHNbV6fZBcr7OGYIid5dKbrGxOkmjibpjDKHpBCNCR1AIcqeUvidHJUtPAiBYBzbAjSBeu4QWpVJxBKgFDLObfM663zRW7XKVi0aTL2GQtQpHMrmeAff2mm1J3k_rnOag/s1600/Cannibal+Rats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="338" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqwWcS-DgnfaHNbV6fZBcr7OGYIid5dKbrGxOkmjibpjDKHpBCNCR1AIcqeUvidHJUtPAiBYBzbAjSBeu4QWpVJxBKgFDLObfM663zRW7XKVi0aTL2GQtQpHMrmeAff2mm1J3k_rnOag/s200/Cannibal+Rats.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To my disappointment (but
also firing this writer’s imagination for another story perhaps), the article
concedes at the end that this is <u>not</u> the <i><b>Lyubov Orlova</b></i>, but rather a vessel
which was a former floating casino run by The Mob and called the <i>SS Monte Carlo</i>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">My renamed <b><i>Bucanero II</i></b> (with its
convenient home port of Caracas) can now sail on with unimpeded impunity under
the ownership of all-around smuggler and modern-day buccaneer Lorenzo
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #211b14; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;">In</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><b style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;"><i>Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The
Nile<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><span style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;">(Book 1 –</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><i style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;">Legends of the Winged Scarab</i><span style="color: #211b14; text-indent: 0in;">),
I already briefly mention the legend of a vast palace complex along the Nile.</span></span><br />
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At that time, I had no idea this long-buried mysterious structure
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #211b14;"> You can follow my take on
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the Egyptian Government. However, it was mentioned by the </span><span style="color: #211b14; line-height: 150%;">Greek historian Herodotus and in other ancient writings – therefore, chances were it had to exist.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sometimes, one's day doesn't go so well and we feel down for one reason or another - or for no reason at all (we writers tend to be a susceptible lot). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But in 2016, I opened my e-mail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>B.R.A.G. Medallion,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">awarded to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for Historical Fiction</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile</i> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">now joins the ranks of outstanding </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Talk about a shot in the arm. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am a happy camper again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can check out and hopefully will even buy these excellent novels by award-winning authors directly through the B.R.A.G. website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As a reminder, Khamsin as well as its four sequels are now again available from Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Apple's iTunes as an e-book, as well as in paperback from Amazon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I still smile when I see the B.R.A.G. Medallion on Khamsin's Cover.</span></span></div>
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perhaps like a cup of ancient thick beer or precious wine from the island of
Crete? You’ll find a copper bowl of fresh figs on the table next to you. Please
do help yourself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">I believe you are a character in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Inge H. Borg’s</b> novel about Ancient Egypt,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile. </b>Would you like to introduce yourself?
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> I am Ebu al-Saqqara, Vizier to Hor-Aha, Fighting-Falcon King of our
newly unified Red and Black Lands of the Nile. I am also the kingdom’s Premier
Magistrate, Chief Justice of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kenbet</i>,
and Regent in the King’s absence - or after his death. I further serve as
Quartermaster of the Royal Armies. My hordes of scribes enforce the levy of new
taxes, checking up on those crafty local tax collectors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>throughout our united Nomes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Hence, after the King, I am the most
important person in the realm. Well, there are some who dispute this. But
they’ll get their just deserves as soon as my brilliant plans unfold. But,
please, not another word about it yet.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> What genre is the novel and what is it about?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> You modern folk call it Historical Fiction. To me, there is
nothing fictional about the audacious plans I have laid out for my secret
followers, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Usurpers of the Crown</i>.
We are very real. One of these days, I shall overcome all obstacles and grasp the
throne. Our fat lazy King is an easy target. His oldest son Dubar has already
fallen under the spell of my narcotic hemp brew. Alas, there is Nefret, Aha’s
headstrong young daughter, soon formally to be introduced to Court as the Royal
Heiress. If Aha won’t let me take her to my bed (horrible thought; I prefer stroking
the smooth thighs of young boys), I shall have to eliminate her. She might
actually prefer that as I have heard it say I might appear downright ugly to a
fair maiden.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> No spoilers, but are you a ‘goody’ or a ‘baddie’? (Or maybe
you are both!)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">How dare you, a mere common mortal,
judge me! I shall stay in power despite not having been born of noble blood.
Just look at my name. My father was the overseer of the royal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mastabas</i> at Saqqara. With death all
around him, he instilled his grim character in me from an early age on.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Tell me about another character in the novel – maybe your
best friend, lover or partner … or maybe your arch enemy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Ha! Don’t remind me of that High
Priest, Ramose. A scourge, if ever there was one, to me and my brilliant
strategies. I have tried to insinuate to the King he may not have fathered our
lovely Princess Nefret. Hasn’t he noticed she has sky-lit eyes just like Ramose’s?
By Horus, I don’t call that a trick of nature. But our dim-witted King seems
smitten with the unctuous priest and has even charged him with Nefret’s education.
Treason! That’s what Aha should be charging Ramose with.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Is this the only novel you have appeared in, or are there
others in a series?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Glad you are changing the subject
before I explode with venom.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>I only
had to suffer my enemies in Book 1 of the “Legends of The Winged Scarab” series
(3080 BC). What they did to my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ba</i>,
my eternal soul, is outrageous. Luckily, I don’t have to rattle through Books
2-5. There is another sinner’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ba</i> to
do that. Small consolation, now that I can never enter into the Afterlife.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> What is one of your favorite scenes?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">The barges victoriously return from our
war with the Kush and the Wawat in the South. Riding low upon the waters of the
Nile, they are laden with trophies and prisoners. But the crowning achievement
of my schemes lie stretched out on the dais of the Royal Bark: Two royal
siblings. My breast swells with pride when they land in Ineb-Hedj (you people
now call it Memphis). I cannot suppress a grin when I am told that Nefret had
gravely sinned against our strict laws of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ma’at</i>.
So, the spoiled girl’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ba</i> now is
destined to be reborn as another sinner’s soul. How delicious.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">[A fleck of white spittle forms in the corners of
al-Saqqara’s mouth.]</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> And your least favorite scene you appear in?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">: Imagine: I, the all-powerful Chief Justice of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kenbet</i>, our highest court, am being
dragged in front of my own judges like a common criminal. Who had the temerity
to accuse me? And of what? I knew this was Ramose’s doing. May Seth fling his
evil curses upon him.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Tell me a little about your author. Has she/he written any
other books?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">As I mentioned briefly above, there are
more books in her series – four more, as a matter of fact. In those, the main
characters are now modern-day Egyptologists from Boston having been summoned to
Cairo by the autocratic director of the Cairo Museum, Jabari el-Masri. If you
think all they do is dig in the sand brushing dirt off old pottery shards, you
are dead wrong. Their adventures take them to many foreign lands; and, always, death
lurks close-by.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Is your author working on anything else at the moment?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Rumor has it (okay, I peeked), she
started work on another historical fiction novel taking place in Ancient Crete;
and I mean, so ancient they still had pygmy hippos and dwarf elephants. It looks
as if she has those people wind up on a green and lush Sahara … By Seth! I hope my forefathers weren’t some pygmy hippo-herders.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> How do you think indie authors, such as your author, can be
helped or supported by readers or groups? What does your author think is the
most useful for her personally?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">It has become much harder to be noticed
in a sea awash with writings where anything goes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Historical Fiction, of course, is not everyone’s bowl of
beer. It takes reader-curiosity and, dare I say, intelligence, not only to want
to enjoy a good story, but in the end having learned something about a bygone era.
Thank Horus for those dedicated – and knowledgeable – readers who truly enjoy
Historical Fiction based on excellent research rather than “boys get girls.”
They always do; or, come to think of it, maybe they don’t …</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Specialized readers’ groups on Facebook are only a small venue.
It would be greatly helpful if readers left more constructive reviews.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">The answer lies in marketing/advertising i.e., laying out lots
of money for book-ad services. Not exactly a sound business plan for the
average author. Blogging, too, seems to have waned.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">The one thing for my author to do is to keep writing –
because she loves the energy and eventual satisfaction of having created
something good – or even great – like me. Am I not a fascinating, albeit much hated,
character?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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Medallion</i></b>. Does your author find this helpful, and is there anything
else she would like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">IndieBRAG</b> to do
to help indie authors receive the recognition they deserve?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Receiving the IndieBRAG Medallion<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>was an absolute thrill for her. My
author treasures it. The folks at IndieBRAG are wonderful in their desire to
promote good writing.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Thank you, Ebu al-Saqqara. It was, ah, eye-opening talking
to you [Helen pulls a face]. Would your author like to add a short excerpt?</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">al-Saqqara: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Thank you for letting me sound off, My Lady
with the golden hair. May Horus hover over you and protect you from - shall we
say - characters like me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">And, yes, here is a brief excerpt to show you the ignoble manner
in which I was treated for my service to free my country from an inept ruler
(and his heirs).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">[al-Saqqara fondles his empty bowl of beer.]</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"> Now, chatting is thirsty work, would you like a refill?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dragged from his villa like a wine-marinated pig, al-Saqqara
quieted down for fear of drawing sleepy neighbors from their beds. After the
cold night air cleared his mind some more, he envisioned his <i>Kenbet</i>. He
knew his Council well; his <i>Kenbet</i> would surely side with him as none of
his carefully selected judges were particularly predisposed toward the meddling
priesthood. Had Aha connected Hent’s death to him? Nothing could be proven. Or
had Nekhen’s stupid Tax Collector spilled his stinking entrails?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was debasing to be dragged along the Great Road, by
night, like a common criminal. Where were these baboons taking him anyway? Most
likely, Ramose had managed to discredit him. It would be his word against the
detested priest’s. Al-Saqqara shivered. It had to be the lying charlatan’s
doing, he riled inwardly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Al-Saqqara was relieved they were headed for the palace
rather than the temple. So he was to be brought before the King. Reaching the
columned portico, the duty guards averted their eyes as the Vizier was dragged
through the Grand Foyer. His captors headed for a side door. Al-Saqqara was
only all too familiar with the small opening. From it, a narrow corridor led to
several dank cubicles. These dungeons held the worst offenders against the laws
of <i>Ma’at</i> prior to their public trial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Locking his knees, al-Saqqara tried to dig his heels in.
Acquainted with the tactics of desperate criminals, the guards grabbed him
under the arms and pushed him before them like a stiff board.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cold sweat broke from al-Saqqara’s pores with the smell of
rancid wine. He struggled against being forced into the small cell. Once the
door clanged shut, the darkness was impenetrable. There were no floormats to
escape the crawling vermin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“My defense!” he screamed and drummed on the heavy door. “I
insist on counsel preparing my defense!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When his fists could take their punishment no longer, he
slumped onto the dank clay floor pounded into pungent slickness as each prior
occupant had let his steaming water flow in terror. Alone in the terrifying
darkness, al-Saqqara now did the same. He sat there, slumped against the rough
wall. His stomach protested with unpleasant queasiness and he damned himself
for having drunk so much the night before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Suddenly, the door was flung open. A tall figure filled the
dim frame and a sonorous voice intoned, “Al-Saqqara, I come to speak in your
defense.”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Of all the pissing nerve!</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Out of my sight, damnable
charlatan,” al-Saqqara screeched and struggled to his feet. “To be defended by
you is the last thing I wish for. I shall speak on my own behalf. As soon as my
judges learn of the despicable untruths you have spread about me, my <i>Kenbet</i>
will acquit me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“As you wish, al-Saqqara. But you should know I am not your
accuser.” Ramose, High Priest of Ptah, was relieved as well as ashamed of his
harsh thoughts. He turned and walked out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">* * * </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The <i>Kenbet’s</i> Head Judge stood up and pounded the
table with his short staff. Its hollow sound echoed through the Grand Foyer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“The <i>Kenbet</i> of the Two Lands is assembled to judge
Ebu al-Saqqara, Vizier and Quartermaster of Hor-Aha, our godly King. The
accused has waived counsel. How, then, does he speak for himself?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Head Judge sat down
and hoped his part in this mock-trial would be brief. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Even though several of the judges
were still sympathetic to the ugly man’s plight, not one of them had
entertained the notion of sending word to the condemned man. This was not a
time to stand by dangerous loyalties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Al-Saqqara’s heart jumped at the unpromising start of the
proceedings. Despite his resolve to fight for his life, his knees shook and he
could barely think. After several attempts, he croaked, “What is the accusation
against me?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Head Judge stood up again and tapped the table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ebu al-Saqqara, you
are charged with High Treason.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A collective sigh rippled through the stunned audience. Imagine:
High treason, the gravest of all crimes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The blood drained from al-Saqqara’s face. He felt faint and
knew he had to challenge this abomination at once; he must proclaim his
innocence with vigor and conviction lest he not see another dawn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When quiet was restored, Lord Makari spoke. “Nekhen’s former
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Royal Tax Collector</span> bears
witness against you, Ebu al-Saqqara.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Vizier’s head jerked up in surprise. The thieving
vermin! He should quickly point a finger at the stupid provincial’s avarice, at
his pilfering from the royal silos. Tesh was trying to save his own hide by
conjuring up false accusations. Why, then, had Aha involved himself? Just when
al-Saqqara felt he had a plausible defense, he saw Ramose point a finger at the
other prisoner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“The Tax Collector is not your accuser, Ebu al-Saqqara. He
only bears witness against you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The air in the Grand Foyer grew stifling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Al-Saqqara summoned his reserves and demanded much too
loudly, “Then who dares accuse me? Who dares accuse the King’s Vizier Ebu
al-Saqqara?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I do.” The voice boomed down from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Window of Appearances</i>.</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hello,
I believe you appear in several of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Inge
H. Borg’s</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Legends of the Winged Scarab</i></b> novels? Would you like to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am Vergil,
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am a
relative late-comer to Borg’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Legends</i></b>, appearing in Books 4 and 5,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Crystal Curse</i></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Nile Conspiracy.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What role do
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I turn into
a rather important character due to my special skills acquired while plying the
Southern Atlantic in search of ships. It’s how I wound up in that stinking
Venezuelan prison on Margarita Island. Twenty-five years, I got for what the
crappy Caracas court called ‘Piracy on the high seas.’ (I am sure, Interviewer,
you are familiar with the term as you seem to have a soft spot for those
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No spoilers.
But are you a ‘goody’ or a ‘baddie’? Or maybe you are both?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Depends who
you ask, doesn’t it. I think I am rather good. Especially at what I do. Well,
getting caught was bad luck.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So you
support the lead character? Who is he or she and tell us a little bit about him
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I wouldn’t
exactly say I am supporting the lead characters, high-minded archaeologists
Naunet and Jonathan Wilkins, trying to save those silly Ancient Egyptian golden
tablets from obsessed people like my new boss Lorenzo.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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Crystal Curse</i></b>, I support Lorenzo Dominguez, the South American
billionaire and art collector; a bit of a pirate himself, to put it mildly.
After he sprung me and some of my murderous buddies from jail, he made me guard
his “guests” on board the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bucanero</i>.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now be
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You are
talking about that Boston boy, Jonathan? He’s always wondering if I only speak
Spanish, or if I understand English as he and his exotic-looking wife are
plotting their escape from Lorenzo. He keeps poking me in the chest, and in his
broad ‘haavaad-yaad’ accent tests me with things like, ‘Your mother’s a whore.’</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">But I am
smart [taps the side of his nose with his finger]. I keep my cool. Although,
one day, pretty-boy …</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As to
Lorenzo? He thinks I am beholden to him, poor bugger. He plum forgets he owns a
ship. From the outside, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bucanero</i>
may look like a wreck, but inside, she’s a palace. Very tempting, that’s all I
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you like
being the ‘supporting role’ or do you wish you could have a lead part in a book
of your own?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vergil: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Naw.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>I am kept plenty busy, especially in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Nile Conspiracy</i></b>. Did I tell you I am very handy with weapons? Balancing
on the skid of a helo trying to shoot off a rocket launcher takes nerves of
steel—and the prospect of a juicy prize.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What is one
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been in prison for some time. So, I suggested to Jonathan I would appreciate a
little romp with his lovely wife Naunet. The ungrateful sod slams a steel door
in my face. I can tell you, I really had to hold on to my pistol (no pun
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And your
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I have a
real good chance of getting my hands on a super ultra-modern yacht, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A&N</i>. She belonged to a shady Russian
billionaire (aren’t they all, shady I mean). This yacht was confiscated by the
Egyptian president for his own use. He renamed her the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Khamsin</i>. As I said, I may have a real good chance …</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Helen:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thank you –
that was really interesting – I look forward to meeting you again in ‘your’
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mio, Señora Interviewer. Now, shall we adjourn to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bucanero’s</i> salon for coffee and cognac? The old ghost ship may look
decrepit from the outside - on purpose. But inside, she's fitted out like a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The ship's
owner liberated me from a nasty Venezuelan prison - and thinks I have reformed.
But you know how it is: Once a pirate, always a pirate. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: large;"><b>Helen
Hollick is presently doing a PIRATICAL Blog Tour with
prominent authors and their fascination with those more or less lovable
rogues of the sea.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: large;"><b>Check out dates and links at:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><b>https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/</b></span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I was pleased and honored when I was asked to
be a guest author and write an article for </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><a href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.ancient-origins.net</span></a> due to my historical fiction novel, </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i>Khamsin,
the Devil Wind of The Nile</i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;">.</span></div>
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was in my head had obviously been already written by someone else, mostly noted archaeologists and other renown Egyptologists. What could I
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is especially close to me (as it must be to millions of those living along this
great river), as Book 5 of my <i>Legends
of the Winged Scarab</i> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">series -</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"><i>The Nile Conspiracy</i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0in;"> <b>- </b>deals with the great concern over water distribution to Egypt and the Sudan from the Blue Nile springing from the Ethiopian Highlands.</span></div>
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<br />Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-63056166985212581732018-03-31T14:03:00.002-05:002018-03-31T14:03:57.176-05:00My Review of "Lucia’s Renaissance" by C. L. R. Peterson <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Inquisition, Pestilence during the
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For most of us, the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Inquisition</i>
conjures up Medieval Spain and Portugal. However, during the waning decades of
the Italian Renaissance and after the pope had returned to Rome, Catholic zeal
to combat the Reformation of Martin Luther struck terror for enlightened
Italians. Many of them died under the torture from the Grand Inquisitor and his
zealot henchmen.<br />
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The author begins the story of young Lucia Locatelli and her family in 1571
in Verona. An extremely bright child, Lucia discovers Martin Luther’s hidden
doctrines in her father’s study. Fired up by her thirst for learning and unfettered
young idealism, her fervor sends her family on a terror-stricken path. Her
physician father is branded a heretic and imprisoned. To atone, he is sent to the
pestilence-ridden Venice. Eventually, Lucia follows him there in hopes of a new
beginning.<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lucia’s Renaissance</i> is told in
first-person from the few main protagonists. A relatively easy read, the
novel’s subject is nevertheless terrifying, and I kept reading in hopes of a
better outcome for the Locatellis. Wisely, the author did not romanticize those
terrible times when a careless word could spell death.<br />
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This is a debut novel for C. L. R. Peterson.<br />
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With the annotation about her
extensive research, hopefully she will continue writing and pen a more
intricate tapestry of those times. I did find the extremely large dropped caps
irritating on my Kindle. I was surprised that the one German sentence was
mangled. A quick Google search would have given her the perfect “Wer sind Sie?”<br />
Other than that, the book was perfectly edited.<br />
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<br />Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-63883367673226841282017-12-02T11:42:00.004-06:002018-01-29T12:31:52.196-06:00Edward Always Tells a Good Story <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">... but somehow, it will differ</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> greatly </span> from the truth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From <b>December 3 until Christmas</b>, a different </span><span style="font-size: medium;">short story or excerpt by my historical fiction writer friends will be posted every day </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">shared theme is </span><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DIAMONDS</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>On December 13</b>, it's Edward's turn to charm the gullible Mrs. Joe Bunting. Snuggled into the folds of her short neck sits a strand of exquisite South Sea Pearls. While Edward compliments her on them, his appreciative eye immediately spies the large yellow diamond in the clasp. Something he will not comment on in case the woman might grow suspicious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After their delightful lunch with several glasses of heady California Chardonnay, Betsy Bunting foots the bill for Edward to accompany her on her trip to
Egypt. In a strictly platonic manner, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This is an excellent fluid read. I obtained a free copy as part of reviewing it for Helen Hollick's historical fiction review blog - </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span><a href="https://discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.com/2017/11/swift-for-sun-by-karen-bovenmyer.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://discoveringdiamonds.blogspot.com/swift-for-sun-by-karen-bovenmyer</span></a></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It easily earned <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">five stars</b> from me as a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Discovered
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Gods, A Tale of Ancient Wonders</b></i> could be pre-ordered, I stood in line being familiar with his
award-winning “The Bow of Heaven Trilogy.” </span></div>
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it abandoning all other duties (except for feeding the cat).</span></div>
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well as dreaded existential questions: Why does Mankind worship God and gods?
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of Ancient Mesopotamia. Levkoff cleverly weaves the moral of his story into the
relationship between two young boys, Scolotes and <span class="a-size-base">Melyakhat</span></span>.
One good, the other bad – we initially assume. Wrong. Levkoff is deft in exposing
the many sides of human beings as there is no clear division - not even in
saints nor in the little gods – and we begin to feel empathy for both as they
seek acceptance in their community. Their struggles become epic during those
ancient times. And then, there is the beautiful Leyla ...</div>
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read. If it were, it would not deserve five stars from this discerning reader. It
is a gem for historical fiction lovers who will appreciate the extensive
Glossary and Timeline at the end with the also appended Bibliography underlining
Levkoff’s extensive research and knowledge of his subject matter.</span></div>
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<br />Inge H. Borghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04235501820087500582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309813292712628131.post-17591368438062427032017-11-30T12:00:00.000-06:002017-12-01T09:11:47.708-06:00Action/Adventure in One Box Set <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These four present-day action/adventure novels are based on ancient treasures from Book 1, Khamsin, The Devil Wind of The Nile.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At over 1,000 pages, the Price for all Four is ridiculously low</span></span></b></div>
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