New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith--hailed by Stephen King
as the "best historical novelist" and one of the world's biggest-selling
authors--returns to Ancient Egypt in this breathtaking epic that
conjures the magic, mystery, romance, and bloody intrigue of a
fascinating lost world.
Game of Thrones meets Ancient Egypt in this magnificent, action-packed
epic. On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita--slave and
advisor to the Pharaoh--finds himself at the center of a vortex of
passion, intrigue, and danger. His quest to destroy the Hyksos army and
form an alliance with Crete takes him on an epic journey up the Nile,
through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon, and across the open
seas. With the future of Egypt itself on his shoulders, Taita enters a
world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert
sands, evil enemies await in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges
of darkness.