![]() ![]() Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile. They often take as much pleasure in tearing down. ![]() Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris, the beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter of his master Lord Intef and Tanus, proud, young army officer, who has vowed to avenge the death - at Intef's hand - of his father, and seize Lostris as his prize. Fame and popularity breed envy in high places, and the adulation of the mob is fickle. But Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave, sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. ![]() A newly graduated police officer from London, he is recruited in the first book by. Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. Rivers of London is part urban fantasy, part police procedural, centring on detective constable Peter Grant. River God, the first in Wilbur Smith's blockbusting Egyptian Novels, is a thrilling adventure set amid the mysteries of ancient Egypt. ![]()
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