# The Warning of Ramses: A Nile Water War Military Thriller > The Warning of Ramses by Stephen Francis Montagna is a middle east military thriller. When the Nile stops flowing, the world moves toward war. Canonical: https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/the-warning-of-ramses/ Author: Stephen Francis Montagna Updated: 2026-11-07 Ethiopia dams the Blue Nile, and Egypt, joined by Libya, goes to war with Ethiopia and the U.S. A geopolitical thriller built on Ramses II’s ancient warning. ## The book - Title: The Warning of Ramses - Author: Stephen Francis Montagna - Genre: Middle East military thriller - Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-34-2 - Hardback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-35-9 **When the Nile stops flowing, the world moves toward war.** Egypt’s dependence on the Nile becomes the fault line of an international conflict. When Ethiopia builds a dam on the Blue Nile and sharply reduces the water reaching Egypt, the dispute moves toward war. Joined by Libyan forces, Egypt confronts Ethiopia and the United States over the project. A struggle over a river becomes a crisis with consequences across the region. ### The author’s published description The Warning of Ramses. Egypt's constant fear is another country constructing a dam on the Blue Nile feeder River and cutting off the flow of the Nile River to Egypt. Read how Ethiopia does build a dam on the Blue Nile and cuts off 90% of the Blue Nile to Egypt, forcing Egypt, being joined by Libyan forces goes to war with Ethiopia and the United States over this project. ## When the Nile stops flowing: an ancient warning and a modern water war The Warning of Ramses is a military and geopolitical thriller about water. Egypt’s constant fear is that another country will dam the Blue Nile and cut off the river it lives on. In the novel that fear comes true: Ethiopia builds a dam on the Blue Nile and cuts off most of its flow to Egypt, and Egypt, joined by Libyan forces, goes to war with Ethiopia and with the United States over the project. The title is a warning attributed to Ramses II more than three thousand years ago—that Egypt would wither if the Nile ever stopped. The book portfolio follows the modern crisis from a diplomatic dispute in the mid-1990s to open war, through Colonel Edward “Popeye” Campanelli, Captain Renee Mendoza and Ambassador Mohammed Kheir, a diplomat caught between loyalties. Its themes are water as power, survival against sovereignty, and diplomacy against war. ## Questions and answers ### What is The Warning of Ramses about? Egypt’s dependence on the Nile becomes the fault line of an international conflict. When Ethiopia builds a dam on the Blue Nile and sharply reduces the water reaching Egypt, the dispute moves toward war. Joined by Libyan forces, Egypt confronts Ethiopia and the United States over the project. A struggle over a river becomes a crisis with consequences across the region. ### Is The Warning of Ramses about a real dam? The novel is fiction. It imagines an Ethiopian dam on the Blue Nile and a war fought over it. Readers who follow the real dispute over Nile water will recognize the stakes, but the book’s dam, characters and war are invented. ### Who is Popeye Campanelli? Colonel Edward “Popeye” Campanelli is the American officer whose storyline gives the novel its ground-level military view, according to the book portfolio. ### Is The Warning of Ramses a standalone novel? Yes. The Warning of Ramses stands alone; no other book needs to be read first. ### What are the ISBNs for The Warning of Ramses? Paperback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-34-2. Hardback: ISBN-13 978-1-970301-35-9. Any bookshop can order it with the ISBN. ### Where can I read more about The Warning of Ramses? Read the [book portfolio](https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/portfolio/the-warning-of-ramses/), with its characters and themes. ## Sources - The author’s own description of The Warning of Ramses, given in full on this page - [The Warning of Ramses book portfolio (original flipbook)](https://heyzine.com/flip-book/40c09b412a.html) - Edition records from the author’s IngramSpark listings: Paperback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-34-2; Hardback ISBN-13 978-1-970301-35-9 - [Bookseller listing: The Warning Of Ramses (shop.ingramspark.com)](https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=4UgrTpv21e0pN2cxZ4mxRYTAvqWqGySTDurXrVEpxJu) ## Cite this page - MLA: Montagna, Stephen Francis. “The Warning of Ramses: A Nile Water War Military Thriller.” *Stephen Francis Montagna*, 7 Nov. 2026, https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/the-warning-of-ramses/. - APA: Montagna, S. F. (2026, November 7). *The Warning of Ramses: A Nile Water War Military Thriller*. Stephen Francis Montagna. https://stephenfmontagnabooks.com/books/the-warning-of-ramses/ - The novel: Montagna, Stephen Francis. *The Warning of Ramses*. Paperback, ISBN 978-1-970301-34-2. ## Keywords The Warning of Ramses, Nile water war novel, Ethiopia dam thriller, Egypt military thriller, Blue Nile dam novel, Ramses II warning, geopolitical thriller books, Stephen Francis Montagna