William Morrow
August 2015
On Sale: July 28, 2015
592 pages ISBN: 0062276573 EAN: 9780062276575 Kindle: B00I2PF55A Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
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.