Desert God (Ancient Egypt 5)

Author/Guide: Wilbur Smith

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Ancient Egypt in the hands of Wilbur Smith is like stepping back in to the past with the master to guide you around

ISBN: 978-0007535682
Genre: Historical, Thriller

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What you need to know before your trail

These are dangerous times. Egypt is under threat. Taita, the Pharaoh’s closest advisor and a freed slave, must come up with a plan to crush the enemy which has terrorised the kingdom for many many years. Egypt is to its former glory – the time has come.

The only way to defeat this historical enemy is to lead one of the biggest armies Egypt has ever seen up the Nile, through Arabia to the magical city of Babylon, then across the open seas to Crete. Their greatest challenge will not be found on the battleground however and the very future of Egypt is at stake..

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On the gleaming banks of the Nile, a plot is hatched to return Egypt to its former glory and to rid the Kingdom of its most feared enemy – the mighty Hyksos. The future of the ancient kingdom is at stake and on the shoulders of Taita –

“Over one hundred years ago mighty Egypt was split by treason and rebellion”

“Our Egypt was plunged into a century of civil war”

His journey begins on the banks of the Nile but soon takes him and the Pharaoh’s sisters through ancient Arabia – a tough and remote landscape which is harsh and brutal –

“…the distant shoreline of Arabia like a row of Rotten shark’s teeth brooding black against the fresh blue of the morning sky”

To the city of Babylon and across the open seas to Crete. But there is danger in the sands and shadows lurk everywhere –

“The streets of Babylon became crowded with marching columns of recruits and the souks were tumultuous with haggling buyers and sellers.”

This is an adventure which delves into the possibly fictional and certainly fantastical elements of Egyptian mythology. Taita, one of the most overly confident slaves in the history of Egypt leads the way – confidence and an ability to talk his way out of most situations seem to be his best weapon.

An epic trail across the sands of time.