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When the ancient kingdom of egypt comes under threat, the pharaoh turns to taita freed slave, poet, philosopher and his most trusted advisor to finally defeat their historic enemy, the hyksos. Although it is the latest of the egyptian novels, the story tells of events that took place after river god but before the events in warlock. Desert god extract from river god about the author also by wilbur smith about the publisher aton blinked his little eyes that were set deep in their rolls of fat, and then raised them from the bao board laid out between us. Desert god 2014 pharaoh 2016 chronological order of egyptian books.
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