Never having read a Erskine novel before I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The detail on Egypt was interesting and linked in well with the story, and the two stories of Anna and Louisa worked well. However, this has got to be the worst ending of any book I have ever read. I had read 500 pages wondering how they would finally deal with the priests, for what, for it to be left to my imagination..what a cop out! The characters were hurriedly finished off or killed off with no explanation of their motives or actions. If the author could not think of an ending for the book she should not have started it.