
Moore admits that her concept for Finding Sheba was inspired
by the popularity of Dan Brown's novels. I think I enjoyed Moore’s attempt more
than Brown’s books. As an experienced historical novelist I feel like she does
a much better job of blending her historical information into her narrative
making her text read smoothly and naturally rather than the stop and go of
Brown’s info dumpy style. So I found this to be a really fun read for the
historical thriller genre. The concept centers around the life of the Queen of Sheba
and her legacy. Her historical legitimacy
lends many different countries with the historical context for their claim to
political power. I love how twisty and complex that she makes the Queen of
Sheba’s life, making it possible for all of the different factions warring for
more information to have legitimate claims, or at the very least still
preserves that need for more historical information to come to light before any
solid conclusions can be ascertained. Yet, we get the meat of a very compelling
and interesting story about a strong woman and her leadership. I enjoyed that the author included a point of
view from the Queen of Sheba herself so we could hear her story in her own
words.
If you love a fun historical thriller a la Dan Brown or the
National Treasure genre then this is an excellent and enjoyable read.