Christian Jacq Books » Vengeance of the Gods Series http://christianjacq.co.uk Book reviews and fansite Mon, 16 May 2011 10:49:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Manhunt (Vengeance of the Gods Series) http://christianjacq.co.uk/vengeance-of-the-gods/manhunt/ http://christianjacq.co.uk/vengeance-of-the-gods/manhunt/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:52:07 +0000 admin http://christianjacq.co.uk/?p=119 Book 1 in a series

Manhunt

Manhunt

Egypt, 518 BC. Kel, a young scribe recently hired by the prestigious guild of interpreters, thinks his future is secure. But following a party to which he should not have been invited, he arrives at work one day to find his boss and colleagues murdered.

Are their deaths linked to a mysterious encrypted papyrus that the specialists were meant to decipher? Believing his life to be in danger, Kel absconds with the precious document, thus becoming prime suspect at the centre of an intrigue of State. Hunted by the authorities, Kel enrols the help of his friend Bebon and the beautiful Nitis, priestess of the goddess Neith. Egypt meanwhile faces an uncertain future.

Will the Greek mercenaries hired by the pharaoh Amasis be able to defend the country against the greed of the fearsome Persians? Who is plotting against Kel, and why? When human beings choose to follow a path paved with violence and injustice, they cannot avoid the vengeance of the gods ...

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The Divine Worshipper

The Divine Worshipper

528 BC. In a tormented Egypt, threatened both by the Greeks' over-mighty influence and the Persians' desire for conquest, the struggle for power has taken the form of a deadly conspiracy - and young scribe Kel finds himself unjustly accused of murder, the helpless scapegoat at the centre of a sinister intrigue of State.

As he strives to prove his innocence, the only person Kel can rely on is Nitis, the beautiful priestess with whom he is deeply in love. But then Nitis vanishes, and Kel throws himself into a desperate quest to find her, his destiny and that of Egypt inexorably bound together.

Will he survive long enough to uncover the truth, expose the conspirators and restore his good name? Nothing is certain. For when human beings choose to follow a path paved with violence and death, they cannot avoid the vengeance of the gods.

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