SOLVED. Fiction book set in Middle East -- maybe Red Sea area [s]

[Kate]

I read about a book on a different thread which reminded me about this book. I can't remember the title, or a lot of facts.

The book is set in pre-history times, I think in the Middle East. It's an arid area, and is the area that will soon be inundated when an isthmus is destroyed, unleashing a massive flood that becomes the Red Sea, I think. I have a vivid memory of the main character seeing this isthmus being eroded, and trying to warn people far away of the impending flood. There may have been a science fiction aspect to this. It's all very hazy.

[Dawn]

this sounds like a part ofPastwatch

[Jen3n]

It's a stretch, but it might be Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle.

[Kate]

Thanks, Dawn. Christopher Columbus wasn't part of this book. I've read a lot of Card's work, but not this one. I'll have to check it out.

And thanks, Jen2n. It's not Many Waters. I love Madeline L'Engle! The book I'm trying to remember is for adult readers.

[Dawn]

I believe that the section of the book relating to the flood was also published as a novella in something, not sure. Less of a sci-fi aspect without the context of the whole book, though

[Kate]

That could be. Did Card publish it as a novella? I'll have to request it at the library to investigate this.

[Kate]

Well, I finally got around to reading Pastwatch by Orson Scott Card, and sure enough, there was a summary of the story I read about the deluge of the Red Sea. I looked at the copyright page, and there it was -- a novella called Atlantis. It's in the anthology Keeper of Dreams.

Thanks, Dawn!