Rowan, Nina, Xanthe, and Xavier have returned to Owatannauk, Maine, and the mysterious resort/time portal that took them to the French Revolution in The Golden Hour. This time the children are travelling on official business, retrieving precious documents from the famous library at Alexandria, Egypt, before the collection is burnt by Julius Caesar. Xanthe is particularly excited to visit Egypt, where she hopes to get a glimpse of Cleopatra. But she gets more than she bargained for when young Princess Cleopatra mistakes her for the goddess Isis and expects Xanthe to intervene in a royal feud between the princess and her brother Ptolemy. Xanthe's having trouble with her own rascally brother, Xavier, whose recent scholastic successes have made her doubt her own abilities and place in the world. She's tempted to change history, thus setting off a chain of events that traps Rowan and Nina in time limbo. The Egyptian setting and action-packed plot makes this an even more exciting read than its predecessor.
- ISBN10 0810959704
- ISBN13 9780810959705
- Publish Date 5 April 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Abrams
- Imprint Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English