The New Kingdom

✍ Scribed by Wilbur Smith

• Book ID: 112876723
• Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Series: Ancient Egypt 7
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781785767982

✦ Synopsis

A brand-new Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur Smith.

In the heart of Egypt
Under the watchful eye of the Gods
A new power is rising

In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city.
Cast out and alone, Hui finds himself a captive of a skilled and powerful army of outlaws, the Hyksos. Determined to seek vengeance for the death of his father and rescue his sister, Ipwet, Hui swears his allegiance to these enemies of Egypt. Through them he learns the art of war, learning how to fight and becoming an envied charioteer.
But soon Hui...