Alex Khyan, the protagonist of "Spear of Seth," is very level-headed person, with both feet firmly planted on the ground. Or is he? What will he do when he faces a world he thought existed only in dreams of an ancient civilization? Alex is quite comfortable in his skin. He is a premed student of the Van Senmut College, so he has to be a serious young man, has he not? He now needs a summer job, and gets one. It is not what he is used to, since he will work as a translator at an archeological dig at the island of Elephantine in the Upper Egypt. Alex does not exactly care about history, but,...

What would happen if Indiana Jones met Nikola Tesla? Surely a grand adventure would follow, but unfortunately, these two are not going to meet. Tesla is long dead, but his inventions and his mystery live on. So what would happen if two college students, who would rather not have an adventure, stumble across an unknown page of Tesla's life? A page that links Tesla directly to the First Time, the time before pyramids were built, the time when gods ruled ancient Egypt. Tesla's work and inventions they uncover would change the world as we know it. Unfortunately, this also occurs to another person...

The ghouls I liked. The jinns - not so much The people even less. I got to fly, to soar far above the earth. I saw Jerusalem and Babylon when they were young. That was a beautiful thing, but it did not balance all the horrors that sneak up on you when the moon is high and the desert reveals its secrets. I shall never open velum pages of a manuscript again. That I swear. I shall never peer inside any old book. My life was good until then, but I didn't know it. Now it will never be the same again. I will try to forget, but I shall remember this: when you look into a mystery, someone or...