BRIAN LUMLEY (SIGNED): KHAI OF ANCIENT KHEM

Description: BRIAN LUMLEY(SIGNED)KHAIOFANCIENT KHEMGRAFTON BOOKS(A division of Collins Publishing Group)A Grafton UK Paperback Original (1990) CONDITION: VERY GOOD OR BETTER — this copy does not seem to have been read, hardly any shelfwear except a little at edges and corners. {Note: see photograph #2 for the signature.} "Khai begins life in Ancient Egypt as the son of Pharaoh Khasathut's chief architect. Believing Pharaoh to be a god, Khai is stunned to learn that the supposedly great and wise leader is a shriveled, ancient fossil of a man whose chief desires are to deflower young virgins and achieve eternal life through the powers of his black magicians. When Khai dares to raise a hand to Pharaoh, he is condemned to be a slave." "Escaping, Khai flees to neighboring Kush, where he earns the rank of general in the army of Queen Ashtarta...and a place in Ashtarta's bed. In the heat of battle against Pharaoh's armies, Khai is betrayed by his best friend and falls victim to the evil spells of Khasathut's magicians, who send his soul winging centuries into the future." In modern England, Khai searches for the reincarnated souls of his love, Ashtarta, and of his betrayer. Returning to his own time, Khai uses the technologies he saw in the future to rewrite the past. But will he and Ashtarta be in time to prevent Khasathut from attaining immortality and using newly gained alien powers to destroy all of Khem and Kush? Commentaries on line: After the slow build-up, this very quickly becomes inspired reading, and should appeal to horror fans as well as the Conan crowd. There’s even a strong Lovecraftian influence making its present felt as the story progresses… I thought this was a fast read with lots of adventure, lots of wizardry and lots of slaughter, with some love, rivalry and UFOs thrown in. If you are a Lumley fan, you’re sure to like it. I did. Excellent sword & sorcery style adventure with a time travel subplot. The setting/world is just brilliantly done, a variation on ancient Egypt that I found really compelling. The villain is particularly fiendish & degenerate & the story moves quickly to an exciting, dramatic & satisfying conclusion. I enjoyed the author's Necroscope vampire series, with the horror film Life Force reminding me of it, more or less. This was a story that seemed as much inspired by Robert Howard, as it is of HP Lovecraft, and this is pretty much a dark fantasy scif-fi horror adventure in the Howard-ian manner. The story overall takes place in the ancient past, in Egypt, but a part of the book is set in the present. If you like Robert Howard's Conan the Barbarian, Kull the Conqueror, Red Sonja and his Hyborean Age settings, this book is for you. Brian Lumley is one of my favorite authors and this book just adds another reason. It goes places that you never imagined leaving questions unanswered and leaving the reader longing for more. IMO this is one of his best. This is one of Lumley's best!!! Good read But...some parts were extremely vile in description of abuse and torture. Adult only book._____________________ {I'll always combine shipping costs and refund any excess shipping charges for multiple-copy book orders.}Modern shipping charges keep going higher and higher. You can save on shipping by ordering two or three books at the same time (especially true of paperbacks!) ______________ WOW! I wrote a book!!! — Come on! Take a look!! ———Just go here:http://www.ebay.com/itm/CTHULHU'S-COUSINS-and-Other-Weirdnesses-W-Paul-Ganley-Wildside-Press-2016-/255154711891?hash=item3ace43fc32 ___________________________________________________________Want to look at my other fantasy & mystery offerings (including Brian Lumley first editions)? CLICK HERE(and if you like what you see there, why not bookmark it for future visits!)

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