From the forges of the First Empire rises a pendant born of heavenly metal and desperate ambition. When a smith offers his soul to his creation, he vanishes?leaving behind an artifact that pulses with dark promise. A boy reaches for it. A conqueror claims it. And a queen plots her revenge in the shadow of a rising pyramid.

As Menes builds his monument to eternity, Aelaya weaves her own legacy into its stones?a hidden truth that will echo across millennia.

The curse of the pendant deepens. The cycle continues.