Thereβs more than one path to immortalityβ¦ A thrilling, chilling reimagining of the story of the most famous woman in history. Once there was a queen of Egyptβ¦ a queen who became through magic something elseβ¦ The year is 30 BC. Octavian Caesar and his massed legions are poised to enter Alexandria. A
Queen of Kings
β Scribed by Headley, Maria Dahvana
- Book ID
- 107240111
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc.
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The immortal story of Cleopatra.
Passion and seduction, witches and warriors, and history and mythology combine to bring the timeless story of Cleopatra to life like never before in this stunningly original and spellbinding debut.
The year is 30 BC. A messenger delivers word to Queen Cleopatra that her beloved husband, Antony, has died at his own hand. Desperate to save her kingdom and resurrect her husband, Cleopatra summons the most fearsome warrior goddess, Sekhmet, and against the warnings of her scholars she strikes a mortal bargain. But not even the wisest scholars could have predicted what would follow...
In exchange for Antony's soul, Cleopatra is transformed into a vampiric creature of mythical proportions, an immortal shapeshifter with superhuman strength and an insatiable hunger for human blood-a being at once ferocious and seductive. And she is bent on vengeance against those who have wronged her family and her kingdom. Clashing against witches and monsters,...
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Desperate to save her kingdom and resurrect her husband, Queen Cleopatra bargains with the warrior goddess Sekhmet for Antony's soul and is transformed into a shape-shifting vampire bent on vengeance against those who have wronged her family.
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### Amazon.com Review **TΓ©a Obreht Interviews Maria Dahvana Headley** TΓ©a Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. She She has been named by _The New Yorker_ as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under for
The immortal story of Cleopatra. Passion and seduction, witches and warriors, and history and mythology combine to bring the timeless story of Cleopatra to life like never before in this stunningly original and spellbinding debut. The year is 30 BC. A messenger delivers word to Queen Cleopatra tha