โ Scribed by Queen of Egypt Cleopatra;Kellgren, Katherine;Headley, Maria Dahvana
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Thereโs more than one path to immortalityโฆ A thrilling, chilling reimagining of the story of the most famous woman in history. Once there was a queen of Egyptโฆ a queen who became through magic something elseโฆ The year is 30 BC. Octavian Caesar and his massed legions are poised to enter Alexandria. A messenger informs Egyptโs queen, Cleopatra, that her beloved Mark Antony has died by his own hand. Desperate to save her kingdom, resurrect her husband and protect all she holds dear, Cleopatra turns to the gods for help. Ignoring the warnings of those around her, she summons Sekhmet, goddess of death and destruction, and strikes a mortal bargain. And not even the wisest of Egyptโs scholars could have predicted what would followโฆ For, in return for Antonyโs soul, Sekhmet demands something in return: Cleopatra herself. And so Egyptโs queen is possessed. She becomes an immortal, shape-shifting, not-quite-human manifestation of a deity who seeks to destroy the world. Fighting to preserve something of her humanity, Cleopatra pursues Octavian back to Rome: she desires revenge, she yearns for her childrenโฆand she craves human blood. It is a journey that will take her from the tombs of the Pharaohs to the great amphitheatres of imperial Rome and on, to Hell itself where, it seems, the fate of the world will finally be decided. Blending authentic historical fiction and the darkest of fantasy, Queen of Kings is a spectacular and spellbinding feat of the imagination that fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon, George R.R. Martin, Patricia Briggs, Philippa Gregory, and Ridley Scott's Gladiator wonโt want to miss.
Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C
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