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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 8: Unas 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 Teti is the logical husband for the unmarried
daughter of King Unas of Egypt. Only the king knows why he cannot bear the
thought.
Teti is the king's own cousin, of the noblest birth in
Egypt. By every account he is a decent man. One minister after another urges
the match. Even Princess Iput, who has refused her father's commoner favourite,
admits that Teti is nice.
Teti's father murdered the king's son. Unas would have wiped
out the killer's family to the last child. But he swore to his father that none
of them would ever be touched, and that he would never speak of the murder. He
has kept his word. Nobody else at court knows.
And the gods have taken all three of his sons and three of
his daughters. So whoever marries Iput will very likely rule Egypt after him.
The man his court wants on the throne is the son of his son's murderer. Unas
cannot give them a single reason to refuse.
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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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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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