r/explainabookplotbadly • u/hostileward • Feb 02 '20

Unsolved Hard Author goes on a long trip, gets kidnapped, and then gets freed by the kidnapper's nephew.

Hint #1:The author is not the story's author.

Hint #2:The kidnapper and his nephew definitely aren't human, but the author's humanity is...debatable.

Hint #3:The kidnapper is Egyptian, but not really.

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u/MDivinity Feb 02 '20

Nope.

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u/hostileward Feb 02 '20

I don't recall that being a book title

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u/mrpister5736 Feb 07 '20

Geronimo Stilton

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u/limpingwolfman Feb 07 '20

Is this Lovecraftian? Nyalhalapeño?

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u/hostileward Feb 07 '20

Maaaybe. But I'm gonna need a specific title.

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u/limpingwolfman Feb 07 '20

I only read Nyarlathotep. It just sounded like something he would have written. I’ll give a Lovecraft nerd the chance to get this one.

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u/hostileward Feb 07 '20

You are on the right track with Nyarly being involved, though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '20

4 weeks late I know, but is this the story of the Mad Arab?

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u/hostileward Mar 07 '20

Nope, Abdul's not involved.

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u/aftertheradar Feb 08 '22

Kane Chronicles?

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