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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 6: Menkauhor 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.
Prince Khentykauhor sits alone in the desert, far from the
white walls of the city, deciding what must be done about two small boys.
"I must not think of them as children; they are my enemies," he tells
himself. He is nineteen, and the boys are the new king's two sons, aged ten and
six.
The throne of Egypt has just gone to his cousin instead of
his elder brother, Isesi. If their father had not been so obstinate,
Khentykauhor would now be brother to the king, with wealth and position for
life. Instead he is an ordinary prince, consigned to the backwaters of history.
The crown can never pass to Isesi while the king has a son alive.
Whatever happens to the boys must look like an accident, or
the will of the gods. So he puts on a friendly face. He makes himself agreeable
at court and kind to the little princes. Every gift he gives them is chosen so
that no one could call it buying favour.
The princes have guards, of course. But boys, he knows, will
always slip their guards when they can, and when the chance comes, he means to
be ready.
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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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Djedkare
Book 7Djedkare Isesi is king of Egypt because two young boys are dead. They were the sons of his cousin, the old king, and both died on the same day, before their father. Now the new king has a hard questio…
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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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