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Trying to recall the name of a book I read almost a decades ago (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml to c/books@lemmy.ml
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  • It was based in Greece or Egypt - I think Greece, most probably, at least that's what the vibe was, from the foreign-sounding names
  • The civilization is decently advanced, as in, they have figured out sanitation and trading, and stuff like that
  • The plot revolved around uncovering the truth about a mysterious disease, most probably a certain type of plague
  • The protagonist is a teen, I don't remember if he's a slave or a peasant, or from a middle-class society. I'm not even sure if it's a "he", maybe it was a "she"? Or maybe I'm mixing the protagonist with another female character in the novel?
  • It is not a time-travel novel - no one from the modern time is involved
  • There was non-graphic mentions of murder, and something about conspiracy in the ancient society
  • There is also a slave side-character, who is a teen
  • The book had the vibe of Nancy Drew, Famous Five or the Secret Seven but in an ancient civilization
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[-] niucllos@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

A bit of a long shot but is it maybe one of The Seven Fabulous Wonders series by Katherine Roberts, maybe the Colossus Crisis?

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

No, doesn't look like it is this one. There's no gods or magic in the book I've read. A bunch of teens living in the times of the ancient civilization, dragged into a plague, poison, murder and conspiracy.

[-] BoxesOfPepe@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

Any chance it's "The Thieves of Ostia" by Caroline Lawrence? It's Roman not Greek, but those can be pretty similar

[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Maybe this could be the book. But the story isn't exactly the same. I'll try checking this one out.

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