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by Daniel Easterman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby (24 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 074908121X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749081218
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing ending, 19 Nov 2007
The story begins as a man is crucified in Afghanistan in order to extract the whereabouts of a sword which is believed to have once belonged to the Prophet from him. Then we are transported back two months earlier to Cairo where the story begins in earnest. Unfortuantely the author gets caried away with a love story and forgets to tell us how the man came to be in that situation in the first place. Had it not been for that this would have received 5 stars. Easterman has written some very good stories on the middle east but this is definitely his poorest.
Try also his ghost stories written under the pen name Jonathan Aycliffe.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another thrilling success from Easterman..., 10 Jun 2008
By Joanne Schofield (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) - See all my reviews
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Professor Jack Goodrich lives with his wife and daughter in Cairo. When an ancient sword is given to him for safekeeping little he does realise the consequences this will bring, but he soon finds out to his cost that there is a group of people who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the artefact...

As usual this is another thrilling novel from Easterman. He interweaves violence and bloodshed (lots of it, be warned) with exquisite descriptions of Cairo; the commotion of the modern day metropolis juxtapose with the seedy back streets and time worn surburbs of an ancient city, and interspersed throughout all of this is a truly exciting, and at times terrifying, plot.

I've read all of the author's works of fiction and this is another compelling novel from him. Fast-paced and fascinating, highly recommended.
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12 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars YIELDING THE SWORD OF PROPHESY , 31 July 2008
By NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in geosynchronous orbit) - See all my reviews
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Daniel Easterman [Dennis MacEoin] is an Islamic studies academic (and a former Bahaist) who has always published novels with a realistic grasp of international power games. And real people getting caught in the gears of said games. When it comes to Near East political yarns, there is simply no contest: Easterman delivers.

As with other novels, THE SWORD is page turner with each crisis resulting in an even higher level of urgency. The balance of the world seems to hang on every turn the hero takes and every bullet he fires. The main problem with Easterman's novels (ever since the The Seventh Sanctuary), is the writer's eagerness to kill off main characters or their loved ones. Sometimes these deaths serve as character motivation. Sometimes they are just pointless.

Not for light reading but recommended.
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