2024/020: What The River Knows — Isabel Ibañez

2024/020: What The River Knows — Isabel Ibañez

“Magic has been slowly disappearing everywhere,” Mr. Hayes said. “And here in Egypt, the remnants of magical energy manifested in curious weather patterns—famines, desert storms, and so on—but we have also found that some items, pot shards and the odd sandal, also have the hallmarks of old-world magic. [p. 71]

Inez Olivera, a young woman of good family living in 1880s Buenos Aires, is nineteen when she receives a letter from her uncle, telling her that her parents -- who've spent half of every year in Egypt, doing archaeology -- are missing, presumed dead. Inez is distraught, and sets off immediately for Alexandria, leaving only a note for her upright aunt and beloved cousin.( Read more... )