What the River Knows
core novel 2023 Secrets of the Nile
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (95,747 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 404 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250408624 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
What the River Knows is set in an alternate 1884 Egypt where ancient magic lingers in certain objects, and follows Inez Olivera, a wealthy young woman from Buenos Aires whose parents die under mysterious circumstances tied to their work as antiquities collectors. Determined to learn the truth, Inez travels to Cairo, where she is drawn into her late parents' world of excavation and artifact trading, and discovers she can use a magical ring that once belonged to her mother to sense hidden truths about the past. Her investigation brings her into uneasy alliance with Whitford Hayes, her uncle's aide and a former adversary, as she navigates the dangers of Egypt's antiquities trade and the deeper mystery behind her parents' deaths, uncertain how far she can trust those helping her along the way.
Where it sits
- Universe: Secrets of the Nile
- Series: Secrets of the Nile core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Isabel Ibañez
Notes
- From the series record (Secrets of the Nile): A complete 2-book duology; no further volumes planned.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Secrets of the Nile: position 1 of 2: next Where the Library Hides (2024)
Sources
- Series bibliographic record: Secrets of the Nile
- Publisher/retailer bibliographic record: What the River Knows
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Iba%C3%B1ez
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