The Sacred Cycle Creator Resources
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Links for more details
- A sample of the book (four chapters) is available.
- The comprehensive discussion guide includes a wide variety of topics and detailed analysis of the text.
- The Select Edition extra stories are well-summarized on the overview page, so they are not listed below.
The Sacred Cycle Info Links
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Major settings
Novel
United Kingdom
- London
- Mile End
- Clapham
- The West End
- Saint Christopher’s Place
- The Tube
- Destinations
- British Museum
- The Queen’s Walk
- London Eye Ferris wheel
- Westminster Abbey
- Stonehenge
- Sea Life London Aquarium
Egypt
- Cairo
- Desert
- Pyramid complex (Old Kingdom era)
Select Edition extra stories
United Kingdom
- London
- Mile End
- Clapham
- Finsbury Park
- Willesden Green
- Destinations
- British Museum
- Victoria Tower Gardens South
- Stonehenge
- Sea Life London Aquarium
Major themes
These themes are examined through character dialogue, backstory, actions, and outcomes:
- Loss and redemption
- Friendships and families
- Comparative religion
- Cultural critiques (past and present)
- Historical context for:
- Artifact appropriation
- Colonialism
- Immigration and assimilation
- Foundations and fundamentals of civilization
- Relevance of history and those who study it
- Even a bit of ancient Greek philosophy!
The discussion questions, and especially the extensive, downloadable study guide, dive deeply into these topics.
Short descriptions
Tagline
- A past she can’t escape. A destiny she can’t refuse.
One-sentence summaries
Each with a different focus.
- An ancient Egyptian takes on modern-day London, with results that are touching, tragic, and hilarious.
- This gripping thriller crashes the Egypt of the Great Pyramid into modern-day London, with results that are equal measures hilarious, touching, and tragic.
- A story of eons-old intrigue invading our modern world, The Sacred Cycle explores fate, destiny, and generation-spanning human connections.
- The Sacred Cycle is a thrilling story that answers the question: Can fragile human connections endure when you are four millennia and four thousand miles from home?
- Can a daughter of the Nile ever escape the grip of the ancient cycle of birth, death, and resurrection to change her own destiny?
Longer descriptions
Two different framings of the story.
Fate and human connections
A story of eons-old intrigue invading our modern world, The Sacred Cycle explores the conflict between fate and personal destiny, and the obligations of the faithful when a powerful god issues a call that echoes across eons.
It's a thrilling novel that answers the questions:
Can fragile human connections endure when you are separated by four millennia and four thousand miles?
And can you ever find your way home in a place where you don't belong?
Historical fiction
A young woman revived 4,600 years after being murdered and mummified in the Egypt of the Great Pyramid fights to adapt to a new life in the chaos of modern-day London.
But when an ancient god refuses to release her from the eternal cycle of birth, death, and resurrection, she must learn to shape her own destiny. Will she risk everything built in her new life and shattering the heart of the one she loves on a chance to atone for the sins of her past?
The Sacred Cycle is a high-stakes historical fiction set in the present that includes humor and fascinating insights into life in ancient Egypt.
Full description
An alternative description to the one found on the overview page.
Commenter / reviewer framing
"I have my lying, cheating, tightfisted ex-husband to thank for the fact that I got the cheapest possible mummification package."
The last thing Teppi remembers? Drinking wine laced with poison.
The next thing? An eager young Egyptologist cutting open her mummified body with power tools in the basement of the British Museum… 4,600 years later!
When you start at the bottom, things can only improve, and London soon learns that you can't crush the spirit of a woman who worked on the Great Pyramid. Teppi's razor-sharp mind, quick wit, and fearless attitude makes her unstoppable.
But she does have some catching up to do!
Modern hygiene, riding the Tube, and fitting in at her first job are just a few of the challenges as she demonstrates her pluck—along with a hilarious lack of understanding about how the modern world works.
Yet an ancient god won't let her bury painful memories from a distant past that seem to her like they happened only yesterday.
She's a refugee, out of place and out of time, who is desperate to atone for mistakes made eons ago, but is she willing to risk the new life—and new love—she's built in the present?
What price will Teppi pay to alter her own destiny and complete her own sacred cycle?
Hilarious dialogue, witty observations about modern living, and fascinating insights into the reality of life in ancient Egypt.
From The Sacred Cycle's opening surprises to its twisting finale, this groundbreaking novel is historical fiction set in the present, and cements S. A. Weigle's position as one of America's most-promising new authors.
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