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Userkaf
Book 1When the last king of Khufu's line and his heir are both dead, the army and the priests of Re put General Userkaf on Egypt's empty throne. He names his family the Children of the Sun-God. To make that…
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Children of the Sun God, Book 7: Djedkare A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Max Overton
General Userkaf was never raised to be king. Then Egypt's
king and his heir are both dead, and he takes the empty throne. He declares
that his sons and grandsons will be known as the Children of the Sun-God. To
hold the throne, he marries the dead king's widow, Khentkaus. His first wife
fears that a son by Khentkaus could push their own son, Sahure, aside as heir.
Sahure already has a wife he married for love. Now he must marry his own sister
too, so that no other man can claim the throne through her. The wife he loves
has the same fear for her own sons. And Khentkaus has believed since childhood
that she will rule Egypt as a king. In a palace counting its sons, she is
carrying the new king's child.
Djedkare Isesi never expected to be king. Days ago he
oversaw a minor department of the government. Now the old king is dead without
an heir, and the throne of Egypt is his.
The old king did have sons. Both died on the same day, one
from a fall and one from poison fruit. Djedkare points out to his younger
brother, Khentykauhor, that the one thing both deaths had in common was
Khentykauhor. "Did you have anything to do with their deaths?" he
asks. Khentykauhor says it pains him to be asked, and Djedkare takes his word.
He means to keep the crown in his own line. Two sons by the
wife he married for love are not enough, not after the old king lost both of
his in a day. So he marries his two royal sisters as well. His first wife, who
is not of royal blood, makes him promise that their eldest son will still be
his heir.
Then there is the old king's daughter, who believes it is
her right to be queen. Any man who marries her might claim the throne, so
Djedkare gives her to the man he trusts above all others: his brother.
Djedkare's royal sisters give him no sons. The princess
gives his brother two, and makes sure the king hears of it. Khentykauhor has
founded a dynasty to rival the king's own.
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Sahure
Book 2Sahure was his father's only son, and one accident could have ended Egypt's new royal house. Now that he is king, he means to be one of its great kings, remembered for his wisdom rather than the size…
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Neferirkare
Book 3Prince Ranefer's twin was born only a few minutes after him, and has never hidden his belief that the throne is just as much his. So when their father, the king of Egypt, dies, Ranefer will not wait e…
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Khentkaus
Book 4As soon as she could talk, Khentkaus told everyone she would be king of Egypt, and everyone laughed. A woman could not be a king, they told her. Now she is old, and she has found another way. King Nef…
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Nyuserre
Book 5Queen Reptynub means to destroy a boy of thirteen. He is Prince Kaiu, son of the king's murdered brother. King Nyuserre has promised him the throne of Egypt, the throne she wants for her own son, Ises…
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Menkauhor
Book 6Eleven-year-old Prince Raemka is heir to the throne of Egypt, and he has never gone anywhere without guards at his back. The farthest he has travelled is the Temple of Ptah, and the most excitement he…
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Unas
Book 8Unas becomes king of Egypt standing over his father's body, and the gods have left him no son to follow him. One of his sons was murdered by Unas's own uncle. Unas has sworn to his father to keep that…
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