Whispers of Atlantis Anthology

How the Books are Connected

If you want to read about the author’s suggested reading order, check out this post

A map of the anthology

The books, in order — and how they're linked

Follow the spine from Book I to Book VII. The badges on each card show when the story is set and how it connects to the rest.

  1. ~323 BCE

    I The Atlantis Papyrus

    Europe · Egypt · the borders of India

    Where the anthology begins. A sweeping journey from Europe through Egypt to the edges of the known world — and back.

    • Deon & Eurydice Book
  2. ~1500 BCE · a thousand years before Book I

    II The Wrath of God

    Egypt · the Great Green Sea

    A clash of kingdoms and an apocalyptic event — the backstory of certain discoveries in Book I.

    • ↳ Sets up Book I
  3. 524 BCE

    III The Curse of Ammon

    Persia · the Western Desert · Egypt

    March with Cambyses II's 50,000-strong army across the desert to raze the temple of the Oracle of Ammon.

    • Standalone
    • ↳ Suggested read before IV
  4. ~324 BCE · two centuries after Book III

    IV Sinister Sands

    Egypt

    Familiar faces from Book I confront the long shadow of Book III.

    • Deon & Eurydice Book
    • ↳ Returns characters from I
    • ↳ Follows events of III
  5. 2000 BCE, Ancient Sumer · Sweeping murder mystery

    V The Death Pit

    Ur of the Sumerians, Mesopotamia

    A royal scribe in the great Sumerian city of Ur, whose life is about to get very complicated.

    • Standalone
  6. ~323 BCE

    VI Maurya

    India

    A diabolical mission across India on behalf of a man with world-conquering ambitions.

    • Deon & Eurydice Book
    • ↳ Returns characters from I & IV
  7. ~1330 BCE

    VII The Crimson Aten

    Egypt — the court of Akhenaten

    A thief holds the keys to the kingdom during the final months of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten's reign

    • Standalone

Each book, in reading order

The full description of every book in the anthology.

I: The Atlantis Papyrus

This is the first book in the series. It takes place ~323 B.C, and spans Europe, Egypt, all the way to the borders of India, and back.

II: The Wrath of God

This book takes place about a thousand years before The Atlantis Papyrus. The story is independent of the first, but you will learn the backstories of some of the discoveries in The Atlantis Papyrus. You will journey to Egypt and a mighty neighboring empire in the Great Green Sea, participate in a battle of Kingdoms and witness an apocalyptic event

III: The Curse of Ammon

This book can be read as a standalone, however, this is part of the anthology because of the next book. You will sweat and go thirsty as you walk with the Persian army of 50,000, sent by King of Kings Cambyses II, in 524 B.C. to the remote Western Desert, to raze the sacred temple of the Oracle of Ammon and enslave its people.

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IV: Sinister Sands

The story takes place about two hundred years after Book III: The Curse of Ammon, and brings back characters from Book I: The Atlantis Papyrus who will deal with things that happened in Book III. You can read this independently too, but will enjoy it more if you read Books I and III. Egypt is the setting.

V: The Death Pit

This story is a standalone that predates the rest, and takes you to world of danger and desperation in ancient Mesopotamia. Come to the great city of Ur of the Sumerians in this story of a royal scribe whose life is about to get very complicated.

VI: Maurya

While this story is a standalone, it brings back the principal characters from books I and IV. Travel to India on a diabolical mission on behalf of a man with world-conquering ambitions.

VII: The Crimson Aten

This is a standalone set during the final months of Pharaoh Akhenaten and is set in Egypt ~1330 BCE. It retains the familiar style of the anthology.