Alex and his parents are investigating an artefact that might lead to a lost and long destroyed Temple of Osiris, in a prologue we see the temple was destroyed after a djinn invaded the temple and hid itself in a powerful amulet. The amulet is hidden in a river temple.
Wouldn't you know it but guess who falls overboard and finds the amulet? Alex.
The Djinn is a nice change of pace and one that has not appeared before. As per the typical legends three wishes will free the Djinn and he will be able to enslave the world.
There were somethings that bothered me about this story. One Alex doesn't tell his parents or Ardeth Bay what is happening instead trusting Rachel and Matt hos friends from the last book. We get a bit where the Djin tells Alex not to trust Ardeth or his parents but really all three have the knowledge and experience in these matters. I get this a YA book but this seemed like the sitaution for the adults.
Another thing that annoyed me was the constant reference to Alex's mother and Alex's father rather than Rick or Evie .
Ungricht the evil German archeologist from the first two book is back but is turned into a giant toad permanently.
Hopefully the fourth and final book will turn up soon, I'm looking forward to see what it brings.
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