AWAKENING TO THE LOST GRANDEUR OF ANCIENT EGYPT: Crocodile God Pharaoh, Sobek II, Confronts 4000 Years of Decline

by Allen Pollens

Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Come to Life as U S Professor Searches the Nile for a Lost Pharaoh. A visit to Philadelphia Art Museum's Tutankhamen exhibit changes everything for Dr. Alberto Rodriguez. A professor of archeology at Jess Hawkins University, he is familiar with the whole story of Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb. His own participations in excavations in New Mexico and Arizona were worthy endeavors but trivial when measured against Carter's achievements. Alberto tells himself that emulating Carter and trying to make an equally significant discovery is foolish. He stifles the obsession, but it bursts to the surface when Alberto comes upon reports of another lost Pharaoh in Egypt. Alberto looks for a way to respond. Finally, throwing all caution to the wind, he draws his closest friends into an undisclosed escapade that satisfies his ambition. There will be hardships and danger, but so what? When Egypt calls, it is time to act.

436 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2015

About the author

Allen Pollens has always had two personas. There is the tinkerer who always wanted to know, “How does it work?” That one became a graduate engineer and led a high-tech work life for more than forty years. Then there is the storyteller, Allen Pollens, who was spinning tales from the time he was a child. In a burst of creativity he published nine books in the past two years.


"THE LOST PHARAOH - Sobek II" is Allen Pollens' sixth science fiction-fantasy offering. His other sci-fi-fantasy books include: "ALTERNATIVE LIVES - To Sleep, Perchance to Dream ... Another Life," "CONJUROR - Living the Tale," "CREATOR - Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth’s Human Behavior Confronted," "CREATOR II -Human Behavior Explored" and “SUPERHERO –Chronicles of Blue Knight Adventures.” Stories Pollens wrote for his grandchildren became the basis for "BOFFO BUTTERPHANT - Small Creature Adventures," “STARFISH CHRONICLES – Undersea Adventures with Sammy Starfish.” He also turned the journal he kept on his European vacation into “Al’s London and Dublin Holiday,” published in full color, with ninety photos.

The author’s main retirement interests, in addition to writing, are travel and photography. He sums up his storytelling with this, “I have been telling stories my whole life. My children and grandchildren were ready audiences who assumed I could deliver a new story on demand and generally, I did.”