Egypt, 518 BC. KEl, a young scribe recently hired by the prestigious Guild of Interpreters, thinks his future is secure. But arriving at work one day, he finds his boss and colleagues slaughtered.
Are their deaths linked to a mysterious encrypted papyrus that the specialists were meant to decipher? Believing his life to be in danger, Kel flees with the previous document, thus becoming prime suspect at the centre of an intrigue of State. Hunted by the authorities and the conspiritors who framed him, Kel's future is as uncertain as Egypt's. The throne has been usurped by Pharoah Amasis, an idle drunkard interested only in forging an alliance with Greece, and blind to the disturbing shadows of the Persians taking shape on the country's borders.
With the court corrupted by intrigues and betrayals, who is plotting against Kel, and why? The only way Kel can prove his innocence is to uncover the secrets of the papyrus. But can he survive long enough to crack the code?
From one of historical fiction's best knwon names, MANHUNT bristles with intrigue, human treachary, divine miracles and breathless suspense.
