Time traveller Chloe Kingsley thinks she's returning from the splendour of ancient Egypt to her artist's life in Dallas. But she wakes up in ancient Crete as the seer of a sensual empire whose fall she foresees in visions of blood and fire. Shadows on the Aegean marks the return of time-travelers Chloe Kingsley and her husband, Cheftu. Waking up in the persona of the oracle and priestess Sibylla, Chloe finds herself stranded in the decadent island civilization of ancient Aztlan (a.k.a. Atlantis) during the time of Joseph's sojourn in Egypt. Neither rumbling volcanoes nor a mysterious plague can separate her for long from her beloved Cheftu, but can they manage to save the people of Aztlan from impending destruction? Frank somewhat randomly mixes Greek mythology, the Old Testament, and her knowledge of Minoan civilization to create the mystical world of Aztlan. Her characters are passionate and exuberant, but the narrative flow suffers from frequent changes in point of view. Worth buying only if your public library has her first book (Reflections in the Nile, Warner, 1997). Otherwise, the time-traveling novels of Diana Gabaldon are preferable in their more believable settings, suspenseful plots, and plausible, likable characters.?Laurel Bliss, New Haven, CT Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. The follow-up to Frank's popular Reflections in the Nile (1997), this imaginative time-travel romance is meticulously researched and lavishly told. The heroine, twentieth-century American artist Chloe Kingsley, is thrust from ancient Egypt into the lost civilization of Atlantis where she encounters gods and goddesses known from Greek mythology walking the earth as living rulers and priests in a society veering toward violent self-destruction. This is not a world for the meek of heart or the weak of stomach. The decadent setting provides ample opportunity for richly described licentious behavior of all kinds, as well as nauseating rituals involving cannibalism, raw meat, and sex-charged bloody baptism. Although the dialogue seems strained at times and much of Chloe's cynical twentieth-century commentary comes off as being more contrived than irreverent, Frank does create a fascinating world. And the love story of Chloe and her time-traveling husband, Cheftu, adds depth to this stimulating interpretation of myth and history. Catherine Sias Chloe Kingsley expected to wake up in 1997; instead, fate and a rip in the fabric of time-space are sending Chloe to a mysterious ancient culture, another woman's body, and an enormous test of her love for Cheftu the physician. In Aztlan, an advanced civilization set on a volcanic isle in the Aegean, Chloe becomes Sibylla, a prophetess about to enter the political arena and ceremonial bull rings of a dazzling, decadent kingdom. Soon enmeshed in a royal power struggle and a contest to become the consort of Phoebus Apollo, a charismatic young prince, Chloe is threatened by palace schemes and deadly passions. Though her outward appearance is changed, undeniable love draws Chloe and Cheftu together again. Visions of a terrifying catastrophe inspire Chloe and Cheftu to desperately try to save Aztlan from utter destruction. But already the rumblings of doom are shaking a glorious culture that created labyrinths and a new panoply of gods, as two lovers, sworn to be together for eternity, are torn apart by cruel rituals, twisted ambition ... and heinous murder.