Young Gordianus is sent on a tour of the Seven Wonders with his former tutor, the Greek poet Antipater. But Antipater fakes his death and is traveling under a false name. The pair meet adventures and mysteries at each stop, mysteries that Gordianus seems to have a talent for solving.

A collection of stories written as a prequel to the first Finder book. Not the best ever written, but not bad. ( )

For a collection of short stories, this is a great collection. This is a preqel following the eighteen year old Gordianus, the Finder, who would later star in a book series "Roma Sub Rosa".

Antipater of Sidon, a real historical figure, takes young Gordianus on a tour to see the Seven Wonders (of the Ancient World). I thoroughly enjoyed the magical descriptions of the Seven Wonders of which only one of them exists in our time (the Pyramids).

At each Wonder (and a couple interludes), Gordianus gets involved in mystery which he solves.

Still I found the stories on the simplistic side. With the mysteries just short stories, the true culprit was difficult to hide. The writing on the simplistic side. It felt more like a young adult book (which I would have loved when I was in junior high).



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The young Gordianus goes on a trip to see the 7 Wonders of the World in a series of mysteries loosely strung together.

Enjoyable, but it's not always easy to see how Gordianus reaches the solution beyond a lucky guess. And where did he or rather his father with the 21st century views get the money for this trip from? ( )

A welcome change of setting in this veteran series takes Gordianus around the ancient world. The locations are interesting and appealing and the separate stories are quite good, but the metaplot is somewhat weak and predictable. ( )