Wrong Time

Wrong Time: Right Face is an adventure novel set in Egypt covering two time scales. The present time involves the main character, Kerry Roberts, a small town schoolteacher with a boring older fiancé, Nigel. Of late she is having troublesome and erotic dreams about a dark haired lover whose face is vaguely familiar. She becomes discontent with her humdrum life and feels more alive through the dreams of an ancient Egyptian mythical culture some 24,000 years ago. The time of Tep Zepi. After a particularly tiring day at Lower School she decides to surprise her fiancé who works at the Upper School. She finds him in a compromising position over a vaulting box in the gym with middle-aged cookery teacher, Hilary. Both of the locked-lovers are screeching like Tarzan and Cheetah. Having the presence of mind to take photos of the noisy love-making she then goes on to post them on the internet. After which she packs her bags and returns home to her parents' house. Not before pushing his vintage E-type Jaguar over a cliff into a Derbyshire quarry. Her witty sister Rosie aids her in this act of revenge. Kerry decides to sign up for a romantic holiday with Arkwrights Terrific Tours, through the back streets of Cairo, hoping for some hot sex. Her disappointment is compounded when she spots the shabby coach and a bunch of innocent octogenarian fellow passengers. Her erotic dreams become more disturbing so she breaks aware from the guided tour. Booking into a swish hotel in Alexandria she becomes involved with a lecherous chauffeur who convinces her he is a prince. On her way out to the "prince's" Rolls Royce she bumps into a surly American, James Warner. Mayhem follows when Abdul the "prince," on the pretext of taking her to his "palace," grabs her breast then hits the floor when the Rolls Royce is attacked by terrorists looking to ransom the "prince" in return for gold. They are taken into a labyrinth in the desert and held hostage until rescued by James, a Special Forces agent. Their adventure begins when they are drawn deeper into the catacombs by a mysterious young princess, appearing to all three of them in their dreams.