Nineteen-year-old Amara Kalogridas\u2019 life isn\u2019t perfect: Her mother died nine years ago, after which her father struggled with alcohol abuse, but her family has pulled through. Now, Amara, her brother, Greg, her best friend, Sophie, and her archaeologist father are working on a dig in Tunisia, where they\u2019re hoping to learn more about the rise and fall of Carthage. Amara is just an intern, but she\u2019s determined to make a discovery of her own. Soon enough she does\u2014and the artifact she uncovers sends her back in time to ancient Carthage. Time travel is bad enough, but Amara quickly learns that she\u2019s in an alternate universe with harpies, djinn, and other beings. Amara has unwittingly become embroiled in the Punic Wars and an even older conflict involving beings that move between dimensions and have their own convoluted motivations. Magical Carthage and the possible futures it invokes make for thought-provoking exploration and speculation. The potential of the alternate-reality situation, however, is diffused by Amara\u2019s preoccupation with her love life and the ancient love triangle that develops, which are less intriguing elements of the story. The plot is largely engaging, although the novel is at times overly reliant on dialogue for exposition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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