From the back cover:
Ancient Egypt. Land of the Pharaohs. A kingdom built on gold. A legend shattered by greed... Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by civil war, drained of its lifeblood, as weak men inherit the cherished crown.

This is on it's way to another bookcrosser, selected from the Lucky 3s virtual bookbox. Enjoy!!

I got back from vacation today and this book was waiting for me. I selected it from the Lucky 3s virtual bookbox. Thank you BooksnBeer for putting it in.

This is an epic tale about Egypt around 1780BC. It is definitely a page turner. It is also very violet and describes many bloody battles, torture and executions.

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Sending to msjoanna forthe historical fiction VBB on bookobsessed.com.

Thanks tranq1 for including this in the Historical Fiction VBB. Looks like a perfect airplane read.

Perhaps because I read The Clan of the Cave Bear when I was an impressionable teenager, I've always had guilty-pleasure love for ancient history stories of adventure and romance. While this book is far further in the future than Auel's series, it's practically as foreign as it explores the universe of ancient Egyptians. And, just as Ayla (Auel's heroine) invents practically everything (including domestication of horses), Taita (the hero here) is a master of everything and personally has just about every good idea the society ever had.

Still, I found Taita utterly compelling and the choice to tell the story through the eyes of a eunuch-slave saved this book from the cringe-worthy sex scenes that so predominate many of Auel's novels. Instead, there's plenty of battles and adventure to bind the long novel.

This is summer reading at its best - plot-driven, fun world building, lots of battles. I doubt the historical accuracy here, but I wasn't reading this to learn about Egypt, I was reading it for pure entertainment. As such, it worked splendidly.