Dr. Aris Thorne, a brilliant but disgraced Egyptologist, has been haunted by vivid dreams of ancient Egypt his entire life—the scent of lotus blossoms on the desert air, the weight of a golden collar, the chilling whisper of a forgotten name. Obsessed with a controversial theory about a ‘heretic’ female Pharaoh erased from history, he is ostracized by the academic community. When a mysterious benefactor funds a final, desperate excavation in the Valley of the Kings, Aris unearths a hidden tomb, untouched for millennia. Inside, the hieroglyphs tell an impossible story: his own.
As he deciphers the chronicles of a female Pharaoh named Hetsen, who ruled during a time of great turmoil, the lines between his life and hers begin to blur. He remembers wielding her power, feeling her love for a noble-born warrior, and fearing the insidious high priest who plotted her downfall. Now, the shadowy organization that funded his dig reveals its true nature—they are the modern-day disciples of that same high priest, and they believe Aris is the key to finding Hetsen’s legendary staff, an artifact rumored to hold the power of the gods. Aris must navigate a treacherous path of corporate espionage, ancient rituals, and the resurfacing of a love and a rivalry that have transcended death itself. To survive, he must fully embrace the memories of the woman he once was and finish a battle that began over three thousand years ago on the banks of the sacred Nile.
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