Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx Mass Market Paperback – February 1, 1999

A really well written, and really fun Indy adventure. I just found this author and I’m hooked on his Indy books!

This is the last of a series of books written after  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade  and leading up to the  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull .In order to make sense of these series of books, you need to read them in order. As near as I can make out, this is the order of the books: Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi (Indiana Jones, No. 1) Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants (Indiana Jones) Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils (A Bantam Falcon Book) Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge (A Bantam Falcon Book) Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy (Falcon) Indiana Jones and the Interior World (A Bantam Falcon Book) Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates (Indiana Jones) Indiana Jones and the White Witch Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (Indiana Jones)Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (Indiana Jones)Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth (Indiana Jones)All of these books are available from Amazon - many being reprinted to take advantage of the May 22nd release of Indy 4.The last 10 to 15 pages of my 1999 paperback edition are an afterword of short chapters from author Max McCoy discussing whether or not magic is real, the Staff of Aaron actually existed, and why he placed the final chapter in the Sphinx. In between he discusses the Omega Book, apparently the original title of this tome. On page 193 he states, "The title of MY BOOK comes from the last character of the Greek alphabet." I use capital letters since Amazon doesn't have a way for me to use italics.This book has much to recommend it to the Indy fan. There's a lot of action, predictable dialogue and a strong female and teen character.That said, it can be a little disjointed in parts. The setting jumps from China to Calcutta to Egypt in rapid succession. Since one of the characters is a teenager, (the significantly named "Mystery Maskelyne") you know that she's going to be bright, agile, and gifted with total insight - more than her mother and a professor of anthropology. It left me with an eye-rolling "are you kidding me" feeling as she revealed clue after clue that our intrepid Dr. Jones failed to see.***WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven't read the book - stop now! ***The strong female in our tale is Faye Maskelyne, who manages to discern the secrets of Aaron's Staff and bring down the plagues of Egypt on the villains, including frogs, flaming hail, and a rain of blood. After dispatching with Indy's adversaries she simply discards this token of ultimate power and walks away. Indy and Sallah agree to keep this a secret, assuming, against all reason, that no one will discover the staff and find a way to misuse it.Chapter 12 is entitled "The Crystal Skull" and refers to plot lines in earlier books in the series, "Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone" and "Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs."Setting all that aside, this is a great book for fans of the Indiana Jones series. It has evil villains, virtuous characters and the ever enduring character of Indiana Jones.I hope that there will be a similar series of books to sustain us through the long years following the release of the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Egypt has the subject of much study and writings, fictional and fact. Its magic is well studied and known. Max McCoy has taken Indiana Jones as I regard him, a seasoned traveller and explorer, not the lesser light of his youth, and lets him know and do things but as an older man. He has his likes and dislikes, and takes them out on some Japanese. The Japanese at first are the stronger but tables are turned and Sokai, Musashi and some common soldiers chase Indy but two women, Faye and Mysti Maskeiyne help him evade capture. Now the chase is on but Indy acts as though unknowing of it, no one is after him. Indy uses his contacts to reach India, gets arrested, breaks free and heads to Iraq. He is the leader, Faye and Mysti tag along in search of Faye's husband. The rod of Aaron appears, Faye uses it and they gain an ally and search for the book of Life. The search takes place in Egypt, in the valley of Giza and the sphinx. A secret passage is found, Sokai and Musashi appear again and take the group captive, then magic takes over and people begin to die. Sokai, who has been blinded earlier and blames Indy for it, is the first to go, then Murashi and the story goes on with Indy doing a job he should have done earlier and thus ends the book. All loose ends are tied up satisfactorily and we are ready for the next book. It is easily readable, would make a good movie if all the subplots are ignored and it is simplified to normal movie length. But reading the book works well, Indiana Jones knows what he is doing.

My 10 year old loves this book after watching Raiders of the Lost Ark

This book is my 10th favorite of the Bantam books. I dont like the the character Faye because she's seem to me like she is always trying to outdo Indy with her "knowledge" of archeology. Misty is a decent character even though she deliberately disobeys what Dr. Jones asks of her. Sallah as always is a great character. These are my opinions and you as I, are you entitled to you're own. Thanks. Steven Keith Graff P.S. Live Long and Prosper

I bought this for my son to read. It was the first Indiana Jones book he has read and he told me he liked reading it. This is very important since he normally does not care to read. The key to getting him to read is finding books that capture his interest and make it fun. He wants to know when I am getting him the next one.

I do like this book. It was very entertaining. I wish I knew it was the last in a series. This is the third-book I did that with. lol, I should do better research before reading a book.

I liked the breezy readability and getting to 'visit' our old friend from the screen, Indiana Jones.

Siempre he sido un fan desde las películas. Esta serie de libros le hace justicia al personaje. Al leer los libros es casi como ver una película.

This story is well written and originally devised. It was engrossing to read and just great to follow. The story was of a good length (of about 260 pages). I enjoyed this story and had parts comprising of historical events from the 1930s around the world, e.g Japanese invasion of Manchuria.The afterword was interesting to read as it showed the background information for the the author to use so as to craft the final version of the story.I gave this book a 4 stars rating out of 5 as it was rather enjoyable but not a Complete Masterpiece or Epic.You have to read it yourself to see if you agree with me.I look forward to reading Max Mccoy's other work: Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone.

Very enjoyable Indiana Jones book. Captured the feel of the films and I Could almost hear the soundtrack of John Williams at certain scenes described by the author.Found this book in our holiday hotel lobby and from reading the reviews it seams people regard this as one of the best. Shame as I was left wanting more.Have ordered a couple of others to see.

Frankly super.

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