If the first novel I wrote dealt Ancient Egyptian grave robbers, and the second, doctors, the third, just published, the star warriors. The writer Antonio Cabanas now assumes this context because it is the least known of the civilization of the Nile This airline pilot by profession and an amateur Egyptologist, presented his book The son of the desert, the last Thursday in Tenerife.

His new book, how much is fiction and reality?
"The fiction of the work comes with the protagonist. But everything that surrounds the story, scenarios, and most of the characters are true. To write should have done a great deal of research. The only documentation that exists is in the graves where these people are buried. The visit I had to learn a little about them. We can say that 80% of the characters and the atmosphere of the time is strictly real. "
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On the Nile waters floats a basket and inside the eyes of a child watching in amazement. They say it is called Sekhemkhet and is the son of the desert and night. Its name means "powerful body." In one of his shoulders is imprinted with the mystery: a spot as a full moon, resting on a crescent moon.

It is the enigma that marks the life of a warrior who will soon be called by the Pharaoh to free more than a battle. After the robber of graves and the plot of Pharaoh, the writer and Iberia pilot, Antonio Cabanas, brings a new proposal: The son of the desert.

Again the ancient Egyptian magic draws back her veil, carrying lures us through an epic tale from the far Kush to the Euphrates, passing through the city of Thebes, the temple of Karnak and the banks of the Nile

As Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Richard Bach, Cabanas also rose a day on a plane to observe from the air, which is invisible to the eye and can only be seen with the heart. The real Jonathan Seagull discovered that all of us and, therefore, its wings carried the soul of a world where gods and men unite in a common destiny.
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The writer and Egyptologist revels in his new novel 'The Son of the Desert' the story of a privileged warrior in one of the most convulsive periods of the mythical civilization.

If one is profane to the subject and begins to read the back cover of The Desert Son (Ediciones B) it can be expensive sphinx. "This is the story of Sekhemkhet, the son of the desert, and the mystery surrounding it since the day he was born" begins the overview that places the action in the "Egypt of the Pharaohs Warriors", a book that we will see "the great pharaohs of the Eighteenth Dynasty to life." However, we should not be victimized by our ignorance, or at least that's what I think Antonio Cabanas, author and expert on the subject (this is his third novel set in ancient Egypt), and maintains, " even as a historical novel, done with great rigor, no longer a novela people. "
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Antonio Cabanas Video Antena 3 Canarias.

The son of the desert is the title of the new book by Antonio Cabanas. A writer born in the Canary Islands declaring passionate about Egyptian history and culture. This time his novel is set in the time of the pharaohs warriors. To find out how they were and how they lived has made numerous trips to a country that fascinates him.

Antonio Cabanas Interview by Flora Martin, Deep Sea program, COPE Gran Canaria.

Antonio Cabanas The writer presents his new novel The Son of the Desert at Night Writing Program

Solchaga restaurant in Madrid we are this bleak (and it is still too common) May 13 a few guests by Ediciones B to enjoy a meal in which to present the new book by Antonio Cabanas , the son of the desert (the latter the title of the book, although it could be the motto of his passion Egyptian author). And how could it be otherwise if they invite us and we can islibris H E Stuve There you.

This time we have been Zen and the drumming (Richard) the lucky guests to a type of presentation is really appreciated because it combines all the elements to enjoy and unwind for a couple of hours: a good restaurant (curious in this case because it gave the feeling of eating at Grandma's), a group not too fed (I have counted 17), a large table on which to have a common conversation and of course an interesting topic to talk about in Here the ancient Egypt.

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