This review has originally been posted on my blog 'Trails of Tales' [https://trailsoftales620253622.wordpress.com/2019/01/07/heir-of-ra-by-m-sasinowski-blood-of-ra-1/]
Have I been living under a rock?

Why am I finding about this insanely magnificent book only now?

Why didn’t I read this as soon as it released?

I am so sorry you beautiful work of story telling art!

‘Heir of Ra’, the first book in a new series is a dream come true for me.

It has mythology

It has sci-fi

It has mystery & suspense

It has action & adventure

Ticks all my boxes of bookish goodness and how!!

I think… I am in love.

(On a side note, I would like to inform you that in the context of books I will be falling in love every other day. The same however, does not apply to humans)

Once you move past the gorgeous magical cover, you find yourself at the Giza plateu, Egypt in 1913. Picture yourself standing in a recently excavated tunnel beneath the foresaken sand.

You look on as a nobleman makes a thrilling discovery even though you still don’t know what it is. The ripples of the author’s written words tell you that it is a discovery like no other.

You might even feel like leaning in, wanting to understand what it is when all goes haywire. Those who entered the tunnel will never come out again.

And the desert does what is natural to it…

“…the desert sand reclaimed her land, reshaping it in the image of the wind.”

The story now shifts to the present day South Peru and thousand feet above the ground, climbing a mountain with a rope harness is a 17 year old girl.

Meet our heroine Alyssa Morgan, daughter of archeologist Dr. Kade Morgan, who tags along and participates in all of her father’s excavations.

But this time, the Father-Daughter duo are not together. Kade Morgan had to urgently leave for Cairo leaving all the responsibilities of the Peru dig on Alyssa’s ‘high scool senior’ shoulders.

Alyssa’s father is searching for the fabled Hall of Records

“a library purported to have dwarfed the great Library of Alexandria, containing the history and technology-a technology far more advanced….”

which is supposedly located under the Great Sphinx of Giza!

That is the only reason he leaves all his work and rushes to Cairo without Alyssa. Kade Morgan had finally got the sanction to dig under the Great Sphinx to search for the Hall of Records.

Alyssa tries to get to her Dad before he enters the dig but soon finds out that someone doesn’t want her there.

Things get worse when she is informed that there had been an accident and her Dad along with his team has been exposed to a virus no one has seen before, inspite of their bio-containtment suits.

Kade Morgan was now in Level-4 isolation.

But Alyssa Morgan has never let anyone else control the reins of her life. She might be just 17 but Alyssa has seen a lot of the world… literally.

She is determined to find out what went wrong at the excavation site. It has been termed as an accident but…Alyssa is not convinced.
Being the gutsy damsel who gives other people stress, Alyssa Morgan was managing things pretty well. But some company never hurts.

She unexpectedly meets Paul who becomes her loyal ally to the extent that he is willing to follow Alyssa even to the depths of hell… literally.

Now what can I possibly mean by this ‘literally’?

You would have to read ‘Heir of Ra’ to find out.

And read you should…. because you would miss out on something epic if you don’t. The effortless amalgamation of science fiction and Egyptian mythology is fascinating.

At the end of ‘Heir of Ra’ you get a glimpse of a possibly larger secret that is under wraps. A diving board to jump into the second book, if you will.

And that brings me to my humble request to the author-

Please, oh please, good Sir…give me the second book as soon as possible or I might just…… shrivel up.

NOT an exaggeration. That is a very serious book nerd condition!

Wow, thrilling adventure that leaves you on the edge of your seat. Characters are likable. If you like mythology and action-packed books, give this one a try!

DNF at 21%. The writing is good enough, but it feels a bit naive and I can't suspend my belief enough to cheer for characters. I may revisit it once again next month, but for now I pass. Sorry.

Ok - I’m going to start with my overall impression - this was a very entertaining read! It had some downsides for me (see below) but despite those things, this is still a 4 Star book for me! This was a very interesting take on explaining Egyptian mythology and I really liked it!! It’s set up for a continuation, and I’ll definitely be looking for the next book in the series!



This was certainly an action-packed book, but was still somehow kind of slow-paced. For me, the story and character development seemed to be sacrificed for a lot of that action. That’s not to say it wasn’t good - but I think I would have liked more story development/Ancient Egyptian mythology and fewer car chase and narrowly-escaped-danger scenes (if that makes sense).

The other downsides, for me, were that the story was kind of predictable at times, the main bad guy was a stereotype of the angry scary villain, and the motivations of the evil “Society” didn’t feel very genuine (hard to explain what I mean here - I understood what they wanted, but it just didn’t seem very fleshed out - again, maybe another casualty of all the action scenes). Also, some of the character’s motivations/actions weren’t always super clear.

Finally, it jumps to different character’s points-of-view randomly, and it wasn’t always clear at first whose thoughts we were in. The majority of the time it seemed unnecessary to be changing narrator, but maybe that’s just my preference.

Still, I give this book a solid 4 stars! I can’t wait to read more in this series!

*Thank you to Kingsmill Press and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. This review will appear on my Facebook page, GoodReads, and retailer sites.*

I received a copy from Netgalley for a honest review.
This story was so easy to read. I really enjoyed the action and learning more about Egipt. It was perfect for the beginning of a new year. Thank you for the copy!

I really enjoyed this book it was really interesting it was very fast paced and I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book. I really liked the characters especially Alyssa and Paul they were really interesting to read about. I really liked the story it was so well written I really liked the mythological aspects of it as well as the really good action packed story it was. So overall I liked this book and will continue the series when there is more out to read.
-Got this book from Netgalley for an honest review-

WOW! If you're looking for a book to keep you on the edge of your seat, well then hear it is! Heir of Ra by M. Sasinowski is a fast paced, interesting read with lots of adventure. This book makes it very easy to be transported into the story. the author does an amazing job world builing as well as creating likeable characters. i can't wait for the sequel!

Thrilling action packed book. That grabs your attention fro the beginning an leaves you wanting more. I am ready to read the next book.

Sasinowski pulls you and and does not let go. My first thought was this book was be a terrific mini series on tv. Characters are well developed and plot doe not let you put the book down. I am hoping for a sequel.