Search - The Sunbird

I had read this book as a teen and wanted to read it again. To be clear, it IS classic old style Wilbur Smith. It also carries with it the classic old Wilbur Smith racism. I didn't remember his writing that way until reading The Sunbird. I had to put it down, I found it so offensive.

The is an entertaining book which deals with the Curse of the White Ghost. Dr. Benjamin Kazan, an archeologist, discovers a lost city that he has been searching for all his professional life. The belief has others in his field ridiculing his efforts but despite this he finds the lost city of Opet. Strangely parallel to his own life, the king of the city and his patron and good friend are remarkably alike in appearance. In addition, the king had a friend like Benjamin himself. That friend loved a woman who was like the woman that Benjamin loved. In addition, a man named Xhai, a little black man has identical skills and name to one who lived in Opet. Coincidence? Or, are they the same people who once lived in the lost city of Opet? This exciting read ends with a great battle.

Wilbur Smith outdoes himself in this tale of an archaeological team trying to find the lost city of Opet, supposedly built by Egyptians. I didn't know anything about the tale and loved it! Dawn