Dark Cities Underground by Lisa Goldstein

[King Bob]

I picked this up on a whim at Recycle Books probably because it had Anubis on the cover. It centers on the son of an author who wrote children's stories. It turns out they are based on his adventures in an underground land, and that other famous tales, such as Alice in Wonderland, are based on children's journeys there. There is a secret group looking for the entrance. Egyptian myth gets dragged in, but it works pretty well. Certainly not great but enjoyable. Possibly a Bay Area author, since the main setting is Oakland and Colma, with one character living in Santa Cruz. It had a feeling a bit like American Gods, and it came out one year earlier.