The book’s name is StarGate. This is from the screenplay and novelization by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich adapted by Sheila Black. This book was first published in 1995. A new edition was published in 1999. It was published four times. Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, television director and former actor. He is 49 years old. Roland Emmerlich is a German film director, screen writer and producer. They made some films together before that time, for example Independence Day and Gojira. Emmerich’s recent films are The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and Ice Age. Shelia Black is a writer. She was awarded many prizes.
This story takes in Cairo, Egypt, 1988. The StarGate lay under the sands of Egypt for ten thousand years. In 1928, some archeologists found a mysterious stone. Sixty years later, in the USA, a young archeologist named Daniel finds a way to open the StarGate again. Daniel and some soldiers in the USA go through the gate and find out another world where Ra is king. Ra is known as the Egyptian Sun God and he wants to kill the visitors from the Earth and close the StarGate forever. Daniel and some soldiers must fight Ra to stay alive, and find a way to go back home. In the end, they make Ra’s ship detonate a nuclear warhead. With Ra dead, the civilization can live in peace. Some archeologists and their team return home through the StarGate, but Daniel stays on the planet with a young local woman.
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