Spinx

Here's the book that I am reading now.

Sphinx - by T S Learner. Its about an Egyptian Astratium. As per the story the carbon dating of this instrument is something like 3000 to 4000 BC. thats the time around Moses. Didn't even know that Egyptians had something like instruments those days. The timing of this instrument is interesting. Its during the time of Moses and Ramses - III. Thats the time when Egyptians believed in sorcery and practiced sorcery. For argument's sake, the book imagines that this astratium provides the holder with powers to accomplish anything he wants. Thats a lot of power. Can't imagine what all damage such an instrument could have done in the hands of power hunger Egyptians and Romans during their time. But then I suppose this is a bad bet at any time of human civilization. I mean from the time homosapiens developed from hunters to settlers, when have we ever showed sense with anything that wields power?

Will update this page once I am done reading this book.

Department 19 - completed

Those who like the pace and speed of Bram Stoker's Dracula will like Department 19. I finally completed the book. Will Hill wrote in his acknowledgement at the end of the book, that he was travelling on the shoulders of authors like Bram Stoker, Stephan King, J K Rowling, Mary Shelly and a bunch of other authors. Well, he was not kidding when he wrote that. The book has shades of style from all these writers... Makes a very good read. It was the last one in the list of books that I bought recently. I completed Department 19 first.

Liked it a lot. Thanks to Will.

Department 19

Reading Department 19 currently. It makes an interesting read. These days I pick up about 6 to 7 books at a time and read them all in stages.. So I am in various states of completion for each of these books.

This one is from Will Hill. Got to know this through a book review. The book moves forwards and backwards in various stages. It can hold your attention. In whichever state or stage it is in, it has a steady style of rendering. The story of a secret department is the run of a mill..but a teenager's fight against elements and himself while at the path of rediscovering and analysing his emotions about himself and his parents are worth watching.

Hope to update this page once I am done with the book.