Similarities Between Beowulf And In The Year Of The Hyena

From the books In The Year of the Hyena written by Brad Geagley and Beowulf there are many similarities that can be shown from both cultures. In The Year of the Hyenas Geagley writes about a murder mystery that happens in Ancient Egypt. A man named Semerket is sent to find out the killer of Hetephras an egyptian priestess. Throughout the story egyptian culture is shown by their festival and how they would rule their land. While, in Beowulf the story goes on to tell of Beowulf a brave warrior that sets out to slay a monster, named Grendel, in order to save The Danes from evil. Throughout the book Anglo-Saxon/Viking culture is presented to us as Beowulf goes on his journey to fight evil and save The Danes. These are very different book made to