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The third in a series of books about ancient Egypt, WARLOCK returns to Taita, an eunuch slave who has served several pharaohs. Readers who met Taita in the first books of this series will love being able to read about him again in his latest mission. After getting a vision from the deceased Lostris, the queen Taita faithfully served and loved, he returns from his solitary life in the desert to help her grandson, Nefer Seti. Taita protects Nefer as he is thrust into a dangerous position at the yo...
The unusual life of Taita over 200 years old hence the title Warlock of the book is amazing , he can see the future, destroy by his spells enemies with little help from the gods, nature or through magic, all fear his power yet they by invidious actions cause their ultimate destruction. Set long ago in ancient Egypt the illustrious desert kingdom on the River Nile and greatest civilization in history, circa 1550 B.C. during the end of the Hyksos rule, foreign immigrants in Lower Egypt (the north)...
This book is a cross between an ancient Egyptian bodice-ripper and "The Return of the Jedi," with a little Marquis de Sade thrown in for good measure. I had read the first two books in the series, "River God" and "The Seventh Scroll," and had found them interesting enough to carry on to the third, but as far as I am concerned Smith went completely off the track with this one.Taita, the eunuch slave, was an enormously talented MAN in the first book. He used his knowledge in the service of his bel...
I really enjoyed the first book, 'River God'...couldn't put it down, and and was excited to read the next book which I think is 'Warlock' (which I can tell you in hindsight you should skip ...in fact you can go straight to what I think is book three). Warlock is the sequel to River God that details the later life of Taita 60 years on from the death of Lostris - Taita drops all scientific ways and becomes more supernatural. Don't get me wrong...I'm all over the supernatural, but Taita in this boo...
THE WONDERFUL TAITA HAS LOST HIS CHARM I've read Wilbur Smith's novels, "River God" and "The Seventh Scroll", and although I thought both went on too long and tried to do too much, I loved them for their originality and the excellent drawing of the principal character and narrator, the eunuch Taita. In Warlock, as in the two "Taita" novels mentioned above, Smith again tries to bite off a smidge too much scope but where the earlier stories were so strong I found myself able to overlook this flaw...
