Nefertiti : A Rahotep Mystery (Rai Rahotep #1) - A compelling and evocative thriller set in Ancient Egypt that will keep you gripped!

Nick Drake

Transworld Digital

2011

450 páginas

15h 0m

ISBN-13: 9781409010104

Nefertiti : A Rahotep Mystery, #1 / [eBook Kindle - ASIN: ‎ B004J4VZD4 ] '-'
EGYPT 1800 B. C. 'Power is like fire. It consumes everything. And when it is gone, all that's left is ash.'
A MISSING QUEEN. A DARK GAME OF POWER. . . With her husband, Akhenaten, Nefertiti - the most powerful, charismatic and beautiful Queen of the ancient world - rules over an Empire at the peak of its glory and domination. Together, they have built a magnificent new city in the desert on the banks of the Nile and are about to host kings, dignitaries and leaders from around the Empire for a vast festival to celebrate their triumph. But suddenly, Nefertiti vanishes. . . Rahotep - the youngest chief detective of the Thebes division- can see patterns where others cannot. His unusual talents earn him a summons to the royal court. With ten days to find the Queen and return her in time for the festival, Rahotep knows that success will bring glory - but if he fails, he and his young family will die...
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Meet Rai Rahotep, the youngest chief detective of the Thebes division, a man who knows about shadows and darkness and who can determine patterns where others cannot. His unusual talents earn him a summons to the royal court of Akhenatan at the great new capital rising out of the desert where a festival is planned to celebrate the new religion dedicated to the Sun God.
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But just days before the festival is due to begin, the royal consort Nefertiti goes missing and Rai is brought in to solve the case. He has ten days to find the Queen and return her in time for the celebrations. Success will bring glory - but if he fails, he and his family will die ...

Rahotep's adventure continue in Tutankhamun and Egypt: The Book of Chaos...

'Full of surprises from the very first line...Takes the reader on a magical mystery tour through palaces, secret passages, tombs and torture chambers' -- Evening Standard.

'A richly written and historically intriguing evocation of Ancient Egypt...A genuinely ripping yarn' --The Times.

'His investigation is well plotted, the environment cleverly, credibly evoked and the characters could have sprung in 3D from their painted sarcophagi' --Literary Review.

Nick Drake was born in 1961. He is a screenwriter and an award-winning poet. He has been Literary Associate at the National Theatre and worked with Nicholas Hytner and Nicholas Wright on the stage version of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.