New Kingdom

BOOK 1 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH ''Best historical novelist'' - Stephen King ''A master storyteller'' - Sunday Times ''Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared'' - The Times ''No one does adventure quite like Smith'' - Daily Mirror IN THE HEART OF EGYPT UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE GODS A NEW POWER IS RISING In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui''s stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui''s own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui''s father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city. Cast out and alone,