I suspected this might be another mediocre self-published novel, and the first few chapters seemed to confirm that. The main character's behaviour didn't really make too much sense and seemed to drag on for much longer then necessary. However, as soon as we hit 3rd Dynasty Egypt, everything changes. It turns into an epic adventure with proper baddies, heroes you can care about, and the writing improves massively. I suspect that Jerry Dubs was holding himself back until he got to the part of the story he really wanted to write. OK, some of the history is a bit dubious, and he should really use 'hieroglyphs' instead of 'hieroglyphics' in most cases, but who really cares when it's this much fun?The closest comparison I can think of is Michael Crichton's Timeline, but Imhotep is much, much better than that. It was an excellent view of ancient Egypt in a fictional way (not that I know much on the subject). The only thing that would trip me up as I'm reading were the editorial errors I found a couple times in the book (wrong word, by instead of bye, spaces) that would drag me out of the book and back into reality. Very much enjoyed the book other than that, gives you something to think about after you're done.
What do You think about Imhotep (2000)?
Great story line but a little too much gratuitous violence.
—Maia
Good story line but it rambled on and on and on....
—spuri1
