![]() ![]() ![]() But if Rahotep fails, he and his entire family will die. If he succeeds, he will bask in the warmth of Akhenaten's favor. Entrusted by great Akhenaten himself with a most secret investigation, Rahotep has but ten days to find the missing Queen. But when he arrives in London to enlist the assistance of Dr. Rahotep, the youngest chief detective in the Thebes division, has earned a reputation for his unorthodox yet effective methods. Bodies washing up along the eastern coast of New England and the mysterious grounding of a ghost ship near Manhattan combine to bring Sherlock Holmes out of retirement to resume his pursuit of the villainous Baron Antonio Barlucci-the Whitechapel Vampire. Then, just days before the festival that will celebrate the new capital, Nefertiti vanishes. The priests are stunned by the abrupt forfeiture of their traditional wealth and influence the people resent the loss of their gods-and the army is enraged by the growing turbulence around them. But an epic power struggle is afoot, brought on by the royal couple's inauguration of an enlightened new religion and the construction of a magnificent new capital. With her husband, Akhenaten, she rules over Egypt, the most affluent, formidable, sophisticated empire in the ancient world. A thrilling novel set in ancient Egypt in which a savvy detective is secretly assigned to unravel the mysterious disappearance of the world's most enigmatic queen. ![]()
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