Hand of Amum

by Juliet Hastings and Samantha Berger

Book Overview

An erotic historical set in ancient Egypt. Marked from birth with the symbol of Amun, the young, Naunkhte must enter a life of dark eroticism as a servant at his temple. She becomes the favourite of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0352331445
• ISBN13: 9780352331441
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Virgin Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A delicious tale from from a master writer ...

Somewhat atypical of the Black Lace series of books that deal with strong women that live hard, work hard and play hard, the Hands of Amun deal with a strong woman that seems to be taken along a path and adventure that was pre-destined for her in ancient Egypt. The main character Naunakhte, a beautifull young girl living in a humble village on the Nile with her adoptive parents, hopes that one day she will be able to discover the truth about her real birth parents and origins. The story starts with her quite unexpectedly being summoned to the temple of Amun to be presented to the high priest and pristess and to take her place as one of the servants of the Egytian god Amun.The temple of Amun is a very powerfull sect and Amun represents the power of the libido and fertility to the people of then Egypt. Naunakhte is thrust into her new life having no experience with the politics of the members of the temple where she discovers she has powerfull friends and enemies from day one. Being of a very sensous nature from birth, Naunakhte has no difficulty fitting into the highly erotic daily life of a loyal follower and she immediately believes that she was predestined to be the favorite of the god Amun.Don't think that this is a story of a poor little girl that finds out she was born to wealth and brings her parents to live happily ever after since Naunakthe get entagled in the scheming of her enemies and soon finds herself alone again having to use her wits and wiles just to keep alive. As in any great book of the genre the eroticism is totally a part of the story and integral to the development of the characters, the plot and the scene of ancient Egypt. It is so masterfully written that the reader feels he/she is there in the temple with the followers of Amun and one can practically smell the soft scented oils, balms and perfumes used during their exquisite rituals.If you can appreciate the mystery of ancient Egypt,the sensuality of the people and the intrigue of a great story then you will certainly devour this book.

Not just for the ladies

Black Lace markets itself for a female audience, but don't let that stop the literate intelligent guys from reading this stuff. Hand of Amun is well written and very spicy. Part of its success is the tight writing. Sex is the premise of the whole thing, so there's no characterization or dialogue irrelevent to our purpose. Juliet Hastings is actually a very talented writer, and I'm looking forward to reading more of her work!

The Hand of Amun

This is one of the best Black Lace books I have read. I rate it right up there with my other favorite, "The Gallery".It is steamy, but best of all it has a great story too! You don't just get a bunch of jumbled sex scenes with no story (like "Lake of Lost Love"). You get a real story with great sex.I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Black Lace.

Hot! HOT! HOT!

The inventiveness of a story on an ancient religion based on sex was a stroke of genius. From the initiation of Nuannakte to sex, to the jealousy exhibited by Tiy and the eventual love of Nuannakte by Konsu, all these scenes in the story were just so hot and moving that it kept you reading and then to reading it again. If you like to read about good sex and a good story, this is the one for you.