The novel “Waves of Akma” is the third and final part of the trilogy “The Rules of Two Neighbors” by Amr Abdel Hamid, and it includes in the midst of its manifold events many political projections of the meaning of power, people, regimes, and class. The novel, published by the House of Books for Publishing and Distribution 2020, also carries with it a message that revolves around the importance of preserving human principles and values even in the darkest of circumstances, and even with the most bitter enemies, in which the writer deliberately applied an intense dose of suspense and overflowing feelings in a smooth and enjoyable manner.
The events of the novel begin from the scene at which the second part of the trilogy “The Bases of Two Neighbors” ended, where “Al-Nasali” revolted against “the nobles” in an attempt to put an end to the rules and laws that run the city, and insist on finding an appropriate solution even if it was by declaring war, and then The events of the novel are intertwined with the preparations of both sides and each anticipation of what the other will do; The writer highlights qualities such as leadership, good planning, friendship, courage, sacrifice and betrayal; In an interesting way, he mixed reality and fantasy.
One reader describes the novel as “a remarkable epic with a satisfying ending. The writer’s imagination has never disappointed me, as well as his smooth style in embroidering events and maintaining suspense, which has always forced me, voluntarily, to turn the pages and continue reading without getting bored,” which is confirmed by another reader by saying: “I can only praise the effort in writing and publishing three Novels in three consecutive years while preserving the writer's spirit to the last line.
One of the readers says that she “does not find what describes the beauty and grandeur of this novel in its three parts, for the imagination in it exceeded all expectations, and I felt that I was living the events myself because of the intense dose of suspense and feelings they contained,” while another reader says that the novel “is one of the most beautiful things I have read in my life. Indeed, the writer is endowed with genius and fertile imagination. I will miss all the characters in the novel that I was attached to and influenced by.”
“The waves of Akma drowned me in love with Amr Abdel Hamid’s writings, and they dropped me in the trap with complete satisfaction.” With this phrase, one of the readers begins his talk about the novel, and adds: “I will not only talk about waves here; but about the trilogy as a whole; With its walls, and its beats, and its waves. A new brilliance and creativity brought out to us by the writer with this trilogy. Unknowingly, the man lured me into a trap into which I fell with peace and happiness, and without regret.”
One reader asserts that “the plot of the novel and the smooth transition in the middle of an intertwined circle of events is what distinguishes the novel; In a way that makes you devour it in one sitting, eager and apprehensive at the same time to know the long-awaited end, and if the trilogy (The Rules of Two Neighbors) has been woven from imagination with its events, places and characters, this does not exclude it from reality, which another reader goes to by saying that “the writer He surpassed himself in every part to present to us and to himself a history that he will honor in the future, and we are honored that we read him one day.”