Vorwort
Awesome, action-packed ancient historical novel set during the final years of the once-mighty Egypt of the Pharaohs...
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Scott Oden
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Egypt 526 B.C., and the kingdom of the pharaohs is dying, crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity. Across the expanse of Sinai, like jackals drawn to carrion, the forces of the king of Persia watch...and wait.
Yet all is not quite lost. Hasdrabal Barca, a Phoenician mercenary feared as much by his own men as by his enemies, has vowed to defend Egypt against invasion. But the treacherous defection to the Persians of one of the Pharoah's most able commanders sparks a conflict that will test Barca's military skills - and his humanity - to the limit.
From ancient Memphis to the parched wastelands of Palestine, Barca and his nemesis play a savage game of cat-and-mouse that will culminate in the bloodiest battle in Egypt's history. And there, in the hills east of Pelusium amongst the fallen of two great armies, Barca will face the same choice as those legendary heroes of old: death and eternal fame - or long life and obscurity...
'Profound and tragic...Oden's masterful novel of bloody battles, political intrigues, betrayal and romance offers a gripping portrait of the collapse of an empire' Publishers Weekly