โ Scribed by Tarr, Judith
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For a hundred years the ancient kingdom of Lower Egypt has been crushed beneath the wheels of foreign chariots. Its rightful king has striven to win it back, but failed; the bearded invaders, the Shepherd Kings, whom Egyptians call the Hyksos, cast him down in defeat. Kemni, kinsman of an old noble house, the Sun Ascendant, was lost in the last battle and presumed dead. But his life was saved by the Pharaoh's son, and he was taken away into Upper Egypt, where he has become a royal favorite. The Pharaoh has a new plan to win back the Lower Kingdom, and entrusts Kemni with the task of winning new and powerful allies who may help Egypt at last to become whole. Iry, daughter of the Sun Ascendant, has lost her father and brothers and cousins in the rebellion. Now she is a slave, forced to serve the conquerors--and their old lord is dead. A new master has come to the Sun Ascendant, and he is not like the rest of his people. His mother comes from the distant east, from a tribe in...
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