Friday, June 4, 2021

Review: The Mummy Returns by Max Allan Collins

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Title: The Mummy Returns
Series: The Mummy Chronicles
Author: Max Allan Collins
Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: April 1, 2001
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0425179265
ISBN-13: 9780425179260

THE EVIL RETURNS
Hidden deep in the Egyptian desert, the mummified remains of Imhotep—accursed High Priest of Osiris—are uncovered once more by his loyal followers. Brought back to life, Imhotep sets out to find the legendary resting place of the very first pharaoh—the Scorpion King—and unleash an unstoppable army of evil upon the earth...

THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
Nine years after their adventure in the desert, daring ex-legionnaire Rick O'Connell and archaeologist Evelyn Carnahan are happily married, with their precious son accompanying them on a dig in the desert. What they accidentally discover is the key to locating the Lost Oasis of Ahm Shere, where the undead army of Anubis awaits the order to destroy mankind, and the hideous Scorpion King awaits those who will challenge his power. Now, Rick and Evelyn find themselves in a deadly race against Imhotep and his sinister minions, with the fate of all humanity—and the life of their son—hanging in the balance...

My rating:

Evelyn Carnahan O'Connel has been having strange dreams and visions since the start of the Egyptian new year—the Year of the Scorpion. Dreams and visions that send her and her family back to Egypt to look for the mythological Bracelet of Anubis.

They find it, but they're not the only ones looking for it. The newly reawakened Imhotep, alongside his reincarnated lover, want the bracelet to gain control over the army of Anubis and unleash hell.


Again, the movie (though much worse than the first one) was still better than the novelization. Plodding of pace, dull of story, annoying of character (Evelyn was still rather self-involved and self-important because she was having visions of the past)...I was at least hoping for an explanation as to why the Scorpion King turned evil (or whatever he was at the beginning), but alas, no explanation was forthcoming.

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