By Lauren Haney
The many and effective deities of Egypt needs to be given their due. All trade is performed lower than the watchful eyes of the functionaries of the good Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut. demise faces any and all who may well rob the royal hose of Kemet of its rightful percentage. Lieutenant Bak, commander of the Medjay police, willingly accepts his task to look all Nile River site visitors for contraband -- for rumors are rife of worthwhile elephant tusks passing unlawfully from the south to the north. yet greed has spawned dying, hideous and unforeseen, and anyone who may develop into wealthy illegally is dealing in excess of necessary ivory. Whoever threatens to show a deadly cache of secrets and techniques won't stay to work out a brand new sunrise -- and dependable Bak may be the subsequent, as he heads relentlessly towards a grim war of words, a surprising revelation, and extremely attainable doom within the realm of the dead.
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