The early books were amusing enough, but they were light, frivolous reads. Then, whenever the mystery seemed to get going, the storyline was interrupted by a foray into Egyptology or the Ramses-Nefret soap opera that annoyed me no end. World War I has started, and Amelia’s nephews are headed to the front. This novel was also a lot more emotional and suspenseful than the other ones in the series which I loved, but also almost gave me a heart attack. (The characters only sleep 2-3 hours a night.). Why? The journal would be a good percentage shorter if there weren't the constant & repetitious descriptions of how handsome & broad shouldered her son & husband are. The Peabody-Emerson clan are back in Egypt for the 1911 season, minus David, who recently wed Emerson's niece Lia. They rescued and adopted her, and later Ramses and she get … I am a bit of a history geek so when the events were set during World War I I was already excited, but then Ramses and Emerson's involvement made it all the better. Sennia is revealed to be the child of Amelia's nephew Percival, first seen in Deeds of the Disturber, who is reintroduced as an adult in a villainous role for several volumes beginning with The Falcon at the Portal. Will rescue come in time? The two eventually have three children: a set of fraternal twins (a son, David John, and a daughter, Charlotte, or "Charla"), and an unnamed daughter born after the current conclusion of the series. Please help to establish notability by citing, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nefret_Emerson&oldid=960126190, Characters in the Amelia Peabody novel series, Articles with topics of unclear notability from March 2015, All articles with topics of unclear notability, Articles lacking sources from October 2007, Articles to be expanded from January 2017, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 June 2020, at 07:28. This season their work is interrupted not only by the requisite murder mystery, but also by the need to prove that David is not illegally selling ancient artifacts. Half way through I realized nothing much had happened not just related to a mystery but to anything. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. tip: "sherlock (tv)" m/m NOT "sherlock holmes/john watson". Following the birth of their son Ramses (né Walter) Emerson ("as swarthy as an Egyptian and as arrogant as a Pharaoh"), the Emersons initially settle in Kent, from where Emerson commutes to a job lecturing in Egyptology at university in London. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody, #11). But, got thoroughly impressed after reading, and Ramses became one of my favorite character. Peabody and others have traveled to Egypt for their usual archaeological dig, but double agents and those from both sides of the soon to be global conflict are present in Egypt as WWI begins to spread across the region. Walter Peabody "Ramses" Emerson Amelia and Radcliffe's only child, first described as "catastrophically precocious" and later dubbed "Akhu el-Efreet" ("Brother of Demons"). I went ahead & grabbed this one off my shelf for another go with Emerson, Amelia, Ramses, & Nefret. The Falcon at the Portal Lord of the Silent Children of the Storm He Shall Thunder in the Sky NEXT> 24. Who helps Emerson and Amelia get Nefret away from the lost oasis in "The Last Camel Died at Noon"? Professor Emerson and Professor Amelia Peabody have a family now. The reason I enjoyed this book so much was entirely because of the characters. Be the first to ask a question about He Shall Thunder in the Sky. As the series became more commercially successful in the mid 1990s, however, the pace increased and by the end of the decade new books were appearing at the rate of one annually, with many of the later books in the series appearing on The New York Times Bestseller List for fiction. “This is the only time that I’ve ever had a character [Amelia Peabody] sort of walk on the stage and take over,” Barbara Peters said in an interview with Recorded Books. Determined to keep the new groom ignorant, everyone else steps in to prove his innocence, which is difficult to do once the amulet is stolen from their home! It's kind of a non-traditional family, because they treat their servants very well, supposedly, and they adopted a girl from a family that did not treat her well. See 1 question about The Falcon at the Portal…, C.L.