Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith,�returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series.
AN UNSTOPPABLE ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR�SALVATION.
For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands�of the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continue�to advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout the�conflict, a brave resistance fights on under the great Taita, a slave who has risen�far beyond his ranks.
Piay, entrusted into Taita's care by his parents at the age of just five, has been�trained to become a great spy, unmatched by any other. Determined to prove his�worth, he embarks on a dangerous mission to the lands in the north - to Mycenae�and through the heart of Hyksos land and across the great sea - to find allies to�help defend Egypt. As the situation becomes increasingly precarious, and the fate�of the kingdom is hanging in the balance, can Piay succeed in his quest or will this�mean the end of the glory that is Egypt once and for all?
