Slayer of Gods (30 page)

“COMPELLING… MASTERFUL… A TANTALIZING WHAT-IF SCENARIO.”—
Publishers Weekly

SLAYER OF GODS

A teenager on the great throne of Egypt is a dangerous thing. Tempted by debauchery, unbalanced by power, King Tut is being
driven mad by the unavenged soul of his beloved foster mother Nefertiti wanders lost in eternity. He orders his advisor, Lord
Meren, to find her killer and bring her peace. Linking up with the seductive female spy Anath, Meren sails upriver to interview
the only remaining witness to Nefertiti’s death. But a fanatical enemy, trying to stop the investigation, sets a terrifying
trap for Meren’s son and daughter. Now Meren feels the bloodstained sands shifting beneath him. A titanic struggle between
old gods and new has begun, and Meren’s next move—to save his family or catch a killer—will have shattering consequences for
this glittering world of palaces, temples, and tombs.

“SUSPENSEFUL… BASED ON ACTUAL HISTORICAL
EVENTS, THIS IS A CUNNING COMBINATION OF
SCHOLARSHIP AND CRAFTMANSHIP.”
—
Booklist
(starred review)

“AN EGYPTIAN TREAT.”—
Library Journal

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This chronology does not reflect the possibility espoused by many scholars that there was an extended co-regency during which
Akhenaten shared the throne with his father, Amunhotep III. A co-regency is assumed in the context of the Lord Meren series
so that it is possible that Tutankhamun was the son of Amunhotep III.