Late last year I reviewed both Redlaw and Redlaw:Redeye , two books written by James Lovegrove with a vampire inspired urban fantasy theme. But before they were published, James Lovegrove had already written many other books, and his Pantheon series – also published by Solaris - has always been high up in my to-read list. I am a huge fan of deity-inspired books and although there are quite a few on the market I haven’t seen any others which place a heavy emphasis on the military aspect. The Age of Ra starts off with quite the military scene, showing the main protagonist, David, involved in a heated battle and argument. Already from this start on it is noticeable that the universe in which this story takes place is unique and a little out of the ordinary. The tone is really set with everything revolving around the Egyptian pantheons. There is a division among the countries, where some are followers of Osiris, others of Set and again others for Nephthys. The p...