But he is not here as a simple detective story adventure or additional to add to the prize list of Antoine Marcas. As we have grown accustomed to the authors behind the entertainment reading, there is a secondary goal. And here it is not diving "simply" the reader into the story and the symbolism. Indeed, this novel is a pretext for a real metaphysical meditation on the survival of the soul and the afterlife in different traditions: Egyptian polytheistic belief in Christian spirituality through the Masonic esotericism and Egyptian roots of this last.
It is true that the action of the novel is less dense than in previous (hence, perhaps, an aftertaste of disappointment among some fans of the series), but how seriously to treat about even if we do not regret participate more actively in questioning the hero that is quite little to say about his experience, although we sense a huge upset in him. I want to cite the rather unexpected thoughts that cross the mind of our dear Commissioner in the taxi that took him to a resort well deserved ...
"Methinks, Msieurs Dames, touchble as if going to be a famous upheaval in the way of our Antoine address her life!". It does not emerge unscathed from a N (ear) D (eath) E (xperience) ...