Oasis (Lords of the Two Lands 2) [Paperback]

Pauline Gedge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 7, 2002 | Series: Lords of the Two Lands 2

Kamose Tao has inherited the hatred of the Setiu invaders from his father and when his family are bought before the usurping King Apepa for judgement for their failed rebellion, he begins to burn with the desire for revenge. The family are sentenced to poverty and a life of servitude and banishment from each other - a sentence that none of them are willing to accept, even if it means death. While the Tao women take care of Weset and begin to master the arts of politics and espionage, Kamose raises an army, the like never seen before in Egypt and sweeps north determined to eradicate the Setiu from the country. Carving a bloody trail through the desert, he gives

Editorial Reviews

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'...compelling character descriptions...lovely use of language...a thoroughly readable novel.' The National Post on LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS 2 '[Gedge] paints prose poems of astonishing beauty that fill House of Dreams with Egypt's glorious sunlight, crystalline air, cool fragrant breezes, turquoise skies...' The Toronto Star on THE HOUSE OF DREAMS 3 'Pauline Gedge's strengths imagination, ingenuity in plotting, and convincing characterization - are here in abundance' Books in Canada on HOUSE OF ILLUSIONS 4 'Gedge's powerful historic imagination, capable of filling epic canvases with characters affectingly human...has had full scope in Scroll of Saqqara.' The Toronto Star on THE SCROLL OF SAQQARA

About the Author

Pauline Gedge is the award-winning author of the bestselling titles Child of the Morning, The Twelfth Transforming, Scroll of Saqqara, House of Dreams, House of Illusions and The Eagle and the Raven. Her superb ability to bring ancient civilisation to life has gained her millions of fans world-wide. Pauline Gedge lives in Alberta, Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Coronet (February 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340770961
• ISBN-13: 978-0340770962
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,840,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating..., May 8, 2001

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S. Smith "a98hoya" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oasis: Lords of the Two Lands: Volume 2 (Paperback)

The Oasis, the second volume of Pauline Gegde's Lord of the Two Lands Trilogy, is even more captivating the the first. Following the death of Sequenenra Tao at the hands of feared but brilliant General Pedzeku, the members of the House of Tao are stipped of their titles, nobility and power to rule over their ancestral home of Waset by the Setiu King Apepa. The idea of a foriegn king ruling over Egypt does not sit well with Sequenenra's sons Kamose and Ahmose despite all that they have lost and, with their family's permission, they decide to restore Egypt to the rightful Egyptian rulers, the Taos, or die in the process.

At times gruesome and painful, the Oasis details exquistely the price war can exact on those who wage it. The decision to take life, regardless of how noble its reason, is one which weighs heavily on the soul. Gedge's character Kamose Tao, who proclaims himself Pharoah and sets out to purge Egypt of the Setiu who have usurped the country from its rightful citizens, fights many bitter, bloody battles in which innocents are killed to right what the Ancient Egyptians refer to as Ma'at - a sense of law, righteousness and justice. The development of this character from an introspective older brother, favored by his grandmother, to a king who speaks his mind without regard to consequences and who is tormented by the horror of a war of his own making, is indeed compelling.

Additionally, as you will always find in the work of Pauline Gedge, Egypt is recreated in intricate detail. The reader is transported to a time when the 17th Dynasty is concluding and the Great 18th Dynasty is about to leave the womb...

I can't wait to read The Horus Road (vol 3)!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliaint, June 11, 2003

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Gehn Markhem (Freeport, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oasis: Lords of the Two Lands: Volume 2 (Paperback)

In this hefty volume, the author continues the story already begun with the Hippopatamus Marsh. Prince Kamose Tao of Weset assumes command of the rebel soldiers after his father's death, rallying the native princes to fight under him. Nubian soldiers from Wawat under the command of the General Hor-Aha are allied with the Egyptian soldiers, giving Kamose and his men an edge against the towns and forts they encounter on their trek north. As the campaign draws on, the effects of war leave their mark on Kamose, and he forfeits all else in order to oust the Setiu from beyond Egypt's borders and restore true Ma'at to this ravaged land. 'The Oasis' is a surprising stage for the unpredictable, and the inevitable.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oasis Kamose, October 28, 2000

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Standing In Motion - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oasis (Lords of the Two Lands, Vol. 2) (Hardcover)

Ms. Gedge has dedicated The Lord of the Two Lands trilogy to the obscure and misunderstood Egyptian Prince Kamose; and states that she fervantly hopes that in some way it will contribute to his historical rehabilitation. The Oasis is superb, and no one who reads this book will ever think of him again as a bit player in the expulsion of the hated Hyskos from Egypt. However, reader be warned: this book is very different in tenor than anything else Ms. Gedge has written to date. The Oasis is about total war. There are no romantic interludes here to soften the jagged edges, only death, destruction, betrayal and misery. What is most striking about this story, is the author's treatment of the non-military "casualties of war". Ms. Gedge demonstrates in brutal fashion that family, love, honor, and innocence are also the victims of conflict. In The Oasis, nothing and no one is spared the horror of war. In a striking paradox, The Oasis eloquently rehabilitates us, the reader... to a renewed recognition that at least one thing has never and will never change... war is hell.