William Morrow Paperbacks
June 2017
On Sale: May 30, 2017
512 pages ISBN: 0062276603 EAN: 9780062276605 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient city of Luxor is surrounded. All seems lost.
Taita prepares for the enemyβs final, fatal push. The ex- slave, now general of Tamoseβs armies, is never more ingenious than when all hope is dashed. And this is Egyptβs 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 Taitaβs influence within the palaceβ especially his friendship with Uttericβs younger and worthier brother, Rameses. With Taitaβs imprisonment, Rameses is forced to make a choice: help Taita escape and forsake his brother, or remain silent and condone Uttericβs 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.
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