GENRE: Historical Fantasy
BLURB:
Driven
apart by hatred, greed, and tragedy, the golden pair Prince Ankhmakis and the
Priestess Natasa are now forced to face the darkness of their fates alone.
After
a brutal betrayal from within Ankhmakis’s own family, the distraught prince
seizes the throne and is crowned Pharaoh Ankhwehenfer, while Natasa is forced
to flee across the sea to a new land, with a new magic. Broken and truly alone
for the first time since their bonding, their grief threatens to swallow them
whole.
A
stalemate is proposed, and as Egypt becomes two nations as in the days of old,
a prosperous peace falls over the south. The prophecy has been shattered by the
Golden Child's death, yet the royals and their subjects find a way to survive
and create an Upper Egypt greater than Ptolemy's northern rule. Alliances with
Nubia and Kush bring the promise of hope on the horizon. The next generation
comes of age, and the old one passes on their knowledge so that the sins of the
past won’t be repeated in their future.
But
evil lurks still. There are those both within the Pharaoh’s court and without
that would do anything to see the king fall. Ankhwenefer must confront the pain
of the past in order to preserve the future for his sons, or his civilization
will end.
Excerpt One:
The crowd
cheered. Their screams were like the howls of furious wildcats. Their
nationalism was at its peak, and all he needed to do was stoke it to earn their
fealty. He turned to the high priest, who held the crown over his head. The
white columns of the temple soared above them, and Ankhwenefer gazed at the
hieroglyph-covered walls. In spite of the war, the temple was in pristine
condition. All around him were golden statues of gods and goddesses. Animals
and other brightly painted forms graced the walls. His flag bearing the phoenix
flew high in the wind. Everyone in the room dropped to their knees as their
king approached Setep.
“By the power
invested in me,” the priest called out, “on this day, the fourth month of
Perit, the eleventh day, in the third year of your holy reign, I re-crown you
Lord and Pharaoh Ankhwenefer, the Good Being of Isis, Golden Eagle King, protector
of our lands and Horus himself. May Amon-Re protect you and our people as we
rebuild our nation. Egypt shall reign in glory until the end of time.”
Setep placed
the heavy crown on Ankhwenefer’s head. A second priest handed him the hook and
flail. He gripped them tightly as he crossed his chest with his arms and,
turning to the crowd once more, gazed down upon them.
“My people,” he
called, “I pledge myself to you.”
The sun poured
in from the windows and shone upon Pharaoh’s face, and the people rose from the
floor and clapped. To those in the room, their new king looked like the statues
of Horus himself. Ankhwenefer was master of his domain—young, strong,
intelligent, and wise. He’d fought hard for many years and won. The priestesses
sang as he walked past and out to the courtyard where the commoners flooded the
area, crying and tossing palm branches and lotus flowers at his feet. His
entourage followed behind him, leading a procession of dancing, music, and
singing, toward the palace where a feast awaited them. Tomorrow, the next phase
of his reign would begin—creating peace with the Lower Kingdom, rebuilding the
cities destroyed by the war, and most importantly, establishing a court in
Thebes, with his sons, and Natasa, at his side.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Nicole Sallak
Anderson is Computer Science graduate from Purdue University, and former CTO
for a small Silicon Valley startup, turned novelist, speaker, and blogger,
focusing on the intersection of technology and consciousness. Her essays range
from AI and Zen to direct democracy to the loneliness of modern parenting (https://medium.com/@NSallakAnderson/pretty-birds-in-pretty-cages-could-the-nuclear-family-be-the-reason-were-all-miserable-46126d573263)
— featured as a top twenty story on Medium. In addition, her work on Universal
Basic Income has been included on 2020 presidential candidate, Andrew Yang’s,
website: https://www.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/.
Her latest
project, The Song of the King’s Heart Trilogy, is a series about the last
native Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and his quest to take back his ancestral
kingdom from the Ptolemaic Empire. The first two installments, Origins and
Blood and Chaos, are available on Amazon. The last novel in the series,
Civilization’s End, will be released October 2021. You can keep up with all her
latest writing on her website nicolesallakanderson.com or by following
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6 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
Is this fiction or non-fiction?
Thanks so much for sharing my work with your audience.
The book sounds good and I love the cover.
How did you come up with idea for this series?
This sounds great. I'm putting the series on my Christmas wish list!
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