Shadows on the Aegean

by Suzanne Frank

Book Overview

Time traveller Chloe Kingsley thinks she's returning from the splendour of ancient Egypt to her artist's life in Dallas. But she wakes up in ancient Crete as the seer of a sensual empire whose fall she foresees in visions of blood and fire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044652090X
• ISBN13: 9780446520904
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful book reminisent of the Earth's Children Series

I first came across this book while I was in my public library one day. I was searching for a good book to read while at the beach. The cover immediatly grabbed my attention and after reading the inside flap, I knew I had to read it. The imagery that was mixed into the stroy was incredible. I became intrigued by the theory which Frank offers as to the mysterious demise of the lost Empire of Atlantis. The detail in the story was exquisite and beautiful and I found myself wanting to be there with Chloe and Cheftu! I reminded me of Jean M. Auel's Earth's Childrens Series and was just as satisfying. I would recomend it to anyone, anywhere, anytime!!!

Fresh Ideas and a New Adventure

Suzanne Frank could very well have rested on her laurels after writing the phenomenal tale of the Exodus from Egypt in Reflections in the Nile. Instead, the second book in her trilogy presents a fresh world with just as much wonder and history-questioning theories. Journey back to Ancient Atlantis, the doomed society of hedonism and scientific advancements. Cheftu and Chloe are forced to take on new struggles as they are faced with a civilization on the brink of collapse. What is their purpose? And will their love survive the temptations of the sensual lifestyle around them? A wonderful read..a perfect excuse to call in sick, stay home and read.

Shadows on the Aegean

I have read the first two books of the Trilogy and I am officially hooked. The research that has gone into writing these stories is very impressive but the story moves along without getting totally bogged down in historical details. I would highly recommend this series to those who enjoy historical romances and but they definitly will also appeal to mystery buffs (like me). Thank you for a good read.

Aiiiiieee! When's the sequal coming out?!

Wow, I just finished the book and all I can say is wow. This book was totally cooler than the first. (I did not even know it was possible.) After they had just reaquainted, I was just dying to find out what was going to happen next. The last/middle section where Chloe and Cheftu were hardly mentioned kind of bored me. I practically screamed with anticipation while reading the last page and the epilogue. I nearly died when I found the ending was more so twisted than the first. I relaxed when I read the inside cover which states "She is currently working on the third book in her time-travel trilogy, Sunrise on the Mediterranean." Now I must wait in anguish to quench my anticipation.

A 6! This book is pure magic

After reflecting on the Nile during the Exodus, time traveler Chloe Kingsley is elated to be going back to the future accompanied by her Egyptian lover Cheftu. However, she quickly realizes that this is not Kansas, let alone Dallas, as she finds herself occupying the body of an Atlantis priestess at the Cybele Oracle in Crete with Cheftu nowhere in sight. Though she is not sure why she is here, Chloe knows that a catastrophe is soon going to destroy the most advanced civilization of the ancients. Cheftu arrives as an Egyptian emissary in what is either a cosmic joke or a great coincidence. However, unbeknownst to the chronological-crossed lovers, they are intimate players in what will ultimately become the world'd mythos. The second novel, SHADOWS ON THE AEGEAN, in J. Suzanne Franks' time travel trilogy is a great novel that brings to life the legend of Atlantis in a creditable and most logical manner. Like its predecessor, REFLECTIONS ON THE NILE, the story line is fast-paced, action-packed, and loaded with legendary prose that turns the book into a sure classic. Throw in two fabulous protagonists and a wealth of wonderful support players and readers of historical romance will frankly demand the final book in the trilogy see the sunrise in 1998 rather than wait another year.Harriet Klausner