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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 3: Neferirkare 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.
A few minutes made Neferirkare king of Egypt, and his twin
brother cannot forgive him for them.
He is crowned the day after his father dies, without waiting
for the funeral, because a delay, he suspects, would serve his brother. That
same afternoon his brother Netjerirenre demands to be made Tjaty, first
minister of the kingdom. "What a difference a few minutes makes," he
says. The king gives the post to a commoner.
Neferirkare is a gentle king. He pardons an old priest the
court wants dead and refuses to take a second wife, and he would rather raise a
temple to the Sun-God than lead an army. To his brother, that is weakness. A
strong king, Netjerirenre believes, is fierce, and men fear him. He would be
such a king.
So when the border tribes rise, the king gives his brother
an army, to make up for those few minutes. Netjerirenre takes it, and starts to
think about what loyal men could do for a prince born second.
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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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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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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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