Children of the Storm
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 First edition cover for Children of the Storm |
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| Author | Elizabeth Peters |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Amelia Peabody mysteries |
| Genre(s) | Mystery, Historical novel |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Released | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | xv, 400 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-621476-9 |
| Preceded by | The Golden One |
| Followed by | Guardian of the Horizon |
Children of the Storm (2003) is the 15th in a series of mystery novels, written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody.
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[edit] Explanation of the novel's title
The title is an excerpt from an ancient Egyptian horoscope:
- "The day of the children of the storm. Very dangerous. Do not go on the water this day."
[edit] Plot summary
The 1919 season opens with the Vandergelts and Emersons finishing up their study of the find Bertie Vandergelt made of the treasure of the God's Wives. Just before the Service d'Antiquités representative comes to inspect their work, several items go missing and one of their assistants disappears -- to literally surface days later in the Nile, murdered and bereft of the objects.
Meanwhile, the Emersons meet up with a Justin FitzRoyce, a young person with a strange mental malady, and his companion, who turns out to be Maryam, daughter of Sethos, fallen on hard times. Amelia tries to befriend Maryam but finds that there is more to her and Justin's relationship than meets the eye.
Ultimately, the treasure is packed up to sail to Cairo, but moments after it departs, Walter Peabody realizes who is after it, how they plan to get to it, and whom they plan to destroy in the process.
[edit] Characters in "Children of the Storm"
This book is notable in that the entire Emerson clan is present: Professor and Amelia Emerson, Walter and Evelyn Emerson, Ramses and Nefret Emerson and their children David John and Charla, Sennia Emerson, David and Lia Todros and their children Dolly and Evvie, Sethos, and Maryam. It is also in this book that Sethos confesses his true name (Seth) to Evelyn.
[edit] See also
| Amelia Peabody Mysteries |
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| Crocodile on the Sandbank | The Curse of the Pharaohs | The Mummy Case | Lion in the Valley | Deeds of the Disturber | The Last Camel Died at Noon | The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog | The Hippopotamus Pool | Seeing a Large Cat | The Ape Who Guards the Balance | The Falcon at the Portal | He Shall Thunder in the Sky | Lord of the Silent | The Golden One | Children of the Storm | Guardian of the Horizon | The Serpent on the Crown | Tomb of the Golden Bird |
| Non-fiction: Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium |
