The Sands of Sakkara

This was the best thriller that I have read in a very long time. I loved the setting of Egypt because I am familiar with it and have been to several of the locations mentioned. The story kept my attention throughout the entire book and I am anxious to read more books written by this author.

So the book educated me on some interesting real-life history. The Nazis really did mount an assassination attempt on Roosevelt in Cairo during WWII, which almost worked. And there were some brief good bits of archaeology. I read this as a beach book; as a beach book it was ok, but really needed editing down, the book could profitably been 100 pages shorter. 30 pages from the end of the book and he's still taking 2 paragraphs to introduce new characters who'll never be heard from again....less is more...

Great story!

Noviembre de 1943. La cúpula del ejército aliado acude a una conferencia secreta en El Cairo para preparar la invasión europea. Mientras tanto, Adolf Hitler, conocedor de sus intenciones, planea llevar a cabo su misión más audaz: matar al presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt y al primer ministro Winston Churchill durante su estancia en Egipto. Solo un hombre es capaz de liderar la misión nazi, el comandante Johann Halder, uno de los más brillantes agentes de la Abwehr, un hombre con un alma torturada y una gran experiencia para resolver misiones imposibles. Acompañado por un equipo clandestino y una joven egiptóloga, Rachel Stern, Halder debe luchar contra reloj en el hostil desierto, llegar a El Cairo y cumplir con éxito la show more misión o, de lo contrario, tanto él como su hijo morirán. show less