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Title: The Eater of Gods

Author: Dan Franklin

Genre: Horror, Adult, Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Netgalley Arc, Supernatural, Thriller

Date Started: December 15th, 2022

Date Finished: December 15th, 2022

Status: Finished

Rating: 4.8/5

Sypnosis: Nothing really dies if it's remembered, his wife had told him.

In the dying village of Al Tarfuk, lost among the war-stained dunes of eastern Libya, professor Norman Haas learns the location of the tomb that had been his wife’s life pursuit. The final resting place of Kiya, the lost queen of Akhenaten, whose history had been etched from the stone analogues of history for her heresies against the long absent pantheon of Egyptian gods.

He never expected to discover that the tomb was the final resting place to more than the dead. And as his team of researchers find themselves trapped inside the ancient tomb, Norman realizes all too soon that his wife was right—

Nothing really dies if it's remembered…

But some things are best forgotten.

Dan Franklin’s debut supernatural thriller is a tale of grief, of loneliness, and of an ageless, hungry fury that waits with ready tooth and claw beneath the sand.

Review: "But the House of Kiya-Aten is also real. And some part of the story is too. The local legends say she sleeps. That she devoured every god she could and waits, dreaming beneath the sands. If you had been to the places I have been and seen what I have seen, you would not say this so… carelessly.”

After the death of his beloved wife, Norman sets out on an archaeology journey to the lost tomb of Kiya, the wife of one of the most controversial Pharaohs in Egyptian history. When he arrives in a small desert town in Libya, there are warnings that the group should not dare step foot within the tomb itself, but when the group ignores the warning, they find themselves being hunted by an ancient evil within the tomb.

Before I even dare begin, I have to ask the author: did you by chance see the movie, The Awakening with Charleton Heston? This book seemed just a tad bit close to the movie. This is not a bad thing whatsoever but a good thing. The movie was one of my favorites growing up and to find a book similar in nature grabbed my attention when I first came across it. I

I am not going to lie when I devoured the book up in one setting. The book is not a massive novel and there are no fillers in between diving right into the action the moment all the characters being to appear. I love stories that have horrifying storylines and even more when there is a mummy running loose. You won't find these books often and when you do, it is a real treat to read. This one is no different.

As a teen, I loved everything mythology - Roman, Greek, Norse, and Egyptian. This was a treat to come across and I am so glad I was able to get a chance to read this book. I really hope the author will explore more mummies and Egyptian mythology. I would also love to see Kiya again.

I would like to take a moment to thank Netgalley, the author, and his publishers for a chance to read this in advance.