This book was okay; I liked the main story, and the originality of the overall plot. But as another review said the back story of the characters is very blah (because of the "co-mingling" of their fates - seriously, it's like a "red-neck" family feud set in Egypt). So TRUE! Honestly, if I had anything else in audio on my iPod at the time I might not have bothered to finish this one.