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EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK...
Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is
surrounded. All seems lost.
Taita prepares for the enemy's final, fatal push. The ex-slave, now
general of Tamose's armies, is never more ingenious than when all hope
is dashed. And this is Egypt's most desperate hour.
With the timely arrival of an old ally, the tide is turned and the
Egyptian army feasts upon its retreating foe. But upon his victorious
return to Luxor, Taita is seized and branded a traitor. Tamose is dead
and a poisonous new era has begun. The new Pharaoh has risen.
Pharaoh Utteric is young, weak, and cruel, and threatened by Taita's
influence within the palace-- especially his friendship with Utteric's
younger and worthier brother, Rameses. With Taita's imprisonment,
Rameses is forced to make a choice: help Taita escape and forsake his
brother, or remain silent and condone Utteric's tyranny. To a good man
like Rameses, there is no choice. Taita must be set free, Utteric must
be stopped, and Egypt must be reclaimed.