Third and final instalment in a magnificent trilogy set in 17th century BC.
Egypt, 17th Century BC. In the north, the barbaric Hyksos still rule with a brutality increased tenfold. Queen Ahotep, meanwhile, has recaptured much of the south - but at a terrible price: her husband killed in combat and her elder son, Kames, mysteriously poisoned.
Once again, Ahotep refuses to be crowned pharaoh, and prepares instead her second son, young Amose, to take power. But, thanks to Ahotep, the Egyptians are now ready for the final battle. As they lay siege to Avaris, the Hyksos capital, they know that once the city is taken, nothing further can stop them.
After a hundred years of occupation and thousands of violent deaths, it looks as though, at last, the Egyptian empire will rise again from the ashes - all thanks to the courage and determination of a woman. Without Queen Ahotep, Egypt would never have known its Golden Age, and the Valley of the Kings and the glorious treasures of the pharaohs, including Ramses the Great himself, would never have existed.
Combining historical fact with a vivid imagination, Christian Jacq, the author of the international bestselling 'Ramses' series, concludes the enthralling true story of this Ancient Egyptian warrior heroine who bravely defied brutality and oppression in the name of freedom.
