Wilbur Smith · 2016 · global

Wilbur Smith's 2016 novel of ancient Egypt. When Pharaoh Tamose dies, his cruel son Utteric seizes the throne and turns on the old magus Taita and the worthy prince Rameses. After escape from the dungeons, the two flee across the sea to Lacedaemon in Greece, to the court of King Hurotas - there to raise an army of allied kings and sail home to win back Egypt.

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   Thebes

   Barely has Taita driven the last Hyksos from Egypt when Pharaoh Tamose dies and his son Utteric takes the throne - stripping the old magus of his honours and casting Taita and the prince Rameses into the dungeons.

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   Lacedaemon

   After a daring escape, Taita and Rameses sail across the sea to the Bay of Githion in Greece, to the court of King Hurotas - once an exiled Egyptian captain - and his warrior daughter Serrena, to forge a grand alliance of kings.

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   Egypt

   With a fleet and an army of allies at his back, Taita sails home to the shores of Egypt to overthrow the tyrant Utteric and set the rightful Rameses upon the throne - a final reckoning for the land he has served all his long life.