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One of the series about time-travelling lovers, in which time traveller Chloe Kingsley thinks she is returning from the splendour and intrigue of ancient Egypt...only to find that she has woken up in ancient Crete, as the Cybele Oracle.

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  • Chloe Kingsley: artist, time traveller
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  • Sibylla: priestess, clan chieftan of the Clan Olimpi, and prophetess of Aztlan, a rival for Ileana's crown
  • Phoebus: Sibylla's cousin and soon to become king, or Hreesos, the Golden Bull
  • Zelos: Phoebus' father, whose reign as the Golden Bull is ending
  • Ileana: Queen of Heaven to Zelos' Golden Bull, she will soon have to compete in a race and produce an heir to keep her crown
  • Vena: a rival for Ileana's crown
  • Selena: a rival for Ileana's crown
  • Dion: one of Zelos' sons, his mother was killed by Ileana as a rival, heir to the Clan of the Vine and a favorite of Sybilla
  • Nestor: one of Zelos' sons, his mother was killed by Ileana as a rival
  • Atenis: Ileana's strangely silent, homely daughter
  • Irmentis: Ileana's youngest daughter, whom Phoebus loves
  • Imhotep: Pharaoh's physician
  • Ipiankhu: Pharaoh's top advisor
  • Niko: Phoebus' best friend, in line to be next Spiralmaster
  • Eumelos: Phoebus' son
  • Spiralmaster: elderly Aztlan scholar, also called Imhotep, father of the Egyptian Imhotep; head of the Clan of the Spiral, the Aztlan scholars, and the Scholomance, the Aztlan school
  • Y'carus: Aztlan Mariner whose family was lost on the island of Delos
  • Senwosret: current Pharaoh of Egypt
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SIBYLLA? They were gathered around her, nymphs and matrons, their heads clustered so that Sibylla could barely see the stalactites that hung like drops from the top of the cave-or the red lintel that cast a faint shadow on her face.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 4 in Chloe Kingsley. (standard series)

Preceded by Reflections in the Nile, and followed by Sunrise on the Mediterranean.

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  1. J. Suzanne Frank (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Warner Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 044652090X
Page Count: 496

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