This is an opulent book, beautiful rich artwork telling a wonderfully retro and exciting adventure involving sinister criminals and the mysterious powers of the occult. Blake & Mortimer stories so often have the air of a 1930s adventure serial and transport you to that wonderful noir world of detectives and cult dabblings, probably none more so than this volume which is the first part of a 2 part story set in Egypt (natch).
Professor Mortimer is in Egypt studying ancient papyri but a shadowy group led by Mortimer's arch nemesis Olrik (who else?!) is also there and also eager to discover what secrets the papyri hold, as they are a key to the secret of the Great Pyramid and the riches that are supposed to lie within...
A terrific plot, though as with most Blake & Mortimer books sometimes the plot does get a little too intricate and everything is accompanied by masses of text! You certainly get your money's worth with Blake & Mortimer words wise. I like the denseness of the story personally though if you are used to the more fluid plot of, say, Tintin then it can take some getting used to. Highly recommended, this really is a high point of the Blake & Mortimer series but you will desperately want to read part 2 as soon as you finish this!
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