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The Sea King's Daughter
Since Sandy Frederick first set foot on the volcanic Greek isle of Thera, this breathtaking place of ancient myth and mystery has haunted her dreams. Joining her estranged, obsessed father on a dive to find astonishing secrets from the ocean's floor, she cannot shake the feeling that she was meant to be here; that some ancient, inscrutable power is calling to her. But ther
...moreMass Market Paperbound, 342 pages
Published
April 26th 2005
by HarperTorch
(first published 1975)
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Sandy Frederick’s father is a scatterbrained archeologist and someone she’s never actually met in person. Until he shows up on her door step at the end of her senior year of college and offers her a chance to work for him as a diver on the Greek isle of Thera. She needs the job and the money so she accepts, but when she steps foot onto Thera she can’t shake the feeling she’s been there before and the feeling that she’s meant to be there now. Soon her stay begins to unearth some old legends from ...more
A young woman deep sea diver accepts her estranged archeologist father's request to help him find a sunken treasure in the waters near Santorini without her parents knowing. Secrets from WW II and strange locals all aid to making this a nice mystery.
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This is another one of my favorites of Michaels'! It takes place in Greece and there is a clever tie-in with Greek mythology. Definitely one of her best books, I think.
I gave this a 3 because although I liked it, I didn't like it as much as a few other books I've read by Barbara Michaels.
It was a good read. It kept my interest and the ending surprised me.
It was a good read. It kept my interest and the ending surprised me.
Great one on archeology , jumped around a bit and was not as coherent as her others but still a worthy read
Very good story. Lots of twists and turns.
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Oh Babs. You've done better.
I think this is one of my least favorite Barbara Michaels books. I just couldn't have cared less about any of the characters, and actively disliked many of them. And my interest in the history of the location just wasn't enough to make the actual story...well, interesting. Still, I did kind of like that Frederick remained a total a-hole throughout the entire book--ha!
I haven't read this one before, and I appreciate that it is set in the modern day. :) My favorites by Michaels... except for Greygallows are contemporary, rather than period pieces. So far, it's off to a good start with the heroine, Ariadne, and a bit of the history of her relationship with her father who is an archaeologist in Thera, looking for Atlantis. :)
I enjoyed this book by Barbara Michaels. I liked the Greek location and Minoan mythology. The mystery was pretty good and I liked that the characters were not perfect. This is a perfect book for getting lost in. Enjoy
This book was interesting from the beginning. It didn't end how I had expected it to, and there were a few plot twists that keeps the reader guessing until the very end.
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Barbara Michaels is a pen name of Barbara Mertz. She also writes as Elizabeth Peters, as well as under her own name.
She was born in Canton, Illinois and has written over fifty books including some in Egyptology. Dr. Mertz also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Egyptology.
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She was born in Canton, Illinois and has written over fifty books including some in Egyptology. Dr. Mertz also holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Egyptology.
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Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again.”
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Or the same soul, immortal and eternal, refurbished and reused through endless lives, by that thrifty Housekeeper? In Her wisdom and benevolence She wipes off the memory slates, as part of the cleaning process, because if we could remember all the things we have experienced in earlier lives, we might object to risking it again.”
