Roy pond

Roy Pond has 29 books on Goodreads with 268 ratings.
Roy was born in South Africa and now lives in Australia's Blue Mountains.
A writer of Egypt adventure, mystery, thrillers.

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ARCHAEOLOGY OF A WRITER of Egypt adventure, mystery, thrillers... My deeply-embedded interest in ancient Egypt is as mysterious to me as ancient Egypt itself. Where did the inexplicable pull begin? Ancient Egypt did not interest my parents or any other member of my family. As I dig down through the layers to my childhood, I recall a few touchstones:- Seeing 'The Egyptian' movie Reading 'Sinuhe, The Egyptian' – fiction Reading Rider Haggard’s novel 'She' with its Egyptian elements. I started penning Egyptian stories at around fourteen and attempted my first novel at sixteen. I have haunted the museums of the world and made long and searching visits to Egypt. And I have written, written and written about Egypt in novels and blogs. So far I have penned an entire fiction series about a renegade alternative Egyptologist by the name of Anson Hunter who explores unseen dangers from the ancient past – The Smiting Texts, Hathor's Holocaust, The Ibis Apocalypse, The Night of Anubis , Egypt Eyes, The Forbidden Glyphs and The God Dig (Amazon Kindle). I also

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People have asked where my depth of knowledge as a writer of books on Egypt comes from. The answer - from a lifetime spent studying ancient Egypt and Egyptian archaeology and from numerous research trips to Egypt.

I'm fascinated by the mystery of ancient Egypt and its potency and relevance for today's world.

'The Smiting Texts' - a modern archaeological thriller, an ancient, esoteric time bomb - is my first adult novel, following on from award-winning success as a writer of novels for young readers, published under the name Roy Pond in UK, Australia and USA. (published by Austin & Macauley, UK, paperback 08, Hardcover 09)

I spent much of my life in Africa and now live in Australia where as an ad Creative Director (Mad Men!) and copywriter I have written internationally recognised advertising campaigns for various causes, charities and brands.

NEW BOOKS: (2010)

'THE HATHOR HOLOCAUST' - Can a renegade Egyptologist stop an ancient apocalypse of plague and global scorching?

Second in the Anson Hunter Egypt adventure thriller series.

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