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Oases, a remarkable book by a remarkable man. Ahmed Mohammed Hassanein Bey, an Egyptian, an Oxford graduate, and a fine athlete, was the first person to cross the Libyan Desert—a journey of three thousand kilometers—by camel caravan, from Siwa to Darfur. He located the “lost oases” of Arkenet and Ouanet and fixed their locations for the first time. Though his epic trip took place fifteen years after the Emersons last visited their “lost oasis,” the conditions were pretty much the same. His accomplishments have been to some extent overshadowed by those of later explorers, who used motor vehicles instead of camels, but he was deservedly honored by the Royal Geographical Society with its Explorers Medal.

As always, I want to thank my dedicated prereaders, Dennis Forbes of KMT, Kristen Whitbread of MPM Manor, Erika Schmid, and of course Trish Lande Grader of William Morrow, who have perused the entire interminable manuscript and made suggestions and corrections. Any remaining errors are my responsibility.

About the Author

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998, and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic in 2003. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland. Her Amelia Peabody e-books are (in chronological order): Lion in the Valley; The Ape Who Guards the Balance; The Falcon at the Portal; He Shall Thunder in the Sky; Lord of the Silent; The Golden One; Children of the Storm; and Guardian of the Horizon.

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By Elizabeth Peters

Amelia Peabody Series

Crocodile on the Sandbank

Curse of the Pharaohs

The Mummy Case

Lion in the Valley

The Deeds of the Disturber

The Last Camel Died at Noon

The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog

The Hippopotamus Pool

Seeing a Large Cat

The Ape Who Guards the Balance

The Falcon at the Portal

He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Lord of the Silent

The Golden One

Children of the Storm

Amelia Peabody’s Egypt

Guardian of the Horizon

Vicky Bliss Series

Borrower of the Night

Street of Five Moons

Silhouette in Scarlet

Trojan Gold

Night Train to Memphis

Jacqueline Kirby Series

The Seventh Sinner

Murders of Richard III

Die for Love

Naked Once More

Non-series

The Jackal’s Head

The Camelot Caper

The Dead Sea Cipher

The Night of 400 Rabbits

Legend in Green Velvet

Devil-May-Care

The Love Talker

Summer of the Dragon

Copenhagen Connection

Credits

Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan

Jacket illustration by Phill Singer

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

GUARDIAN OF THE HORIZON. Copyright © 2004 by MPM Manor, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition © MARCH 2004 ISBN: 9780061804014

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