Desert God by Wilbur Smith

A slave-turned-strategist plots to save Egypt

Very good condition – clean cover, sharp corners, spine tight

On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita, former slave and closest advisor to the Pharaoh, finds himself at the centre of a vortex of passion, intrigue and danger. Egypt has fought its old enemy the Hyksos since time began, and Taita, philosopher, poet and master strategist, has devised a plan that could finally break their power for good: an epic mission up the Nile, through Arabia to the fabled city of Babylon, and across the open seas to forge an alliance with Crete. The journey will cost lives and time, and bring Taita's expedition commander Zaras and their warriors face to face with both battle and betrayal. All the while, Taita must also guard his two spirited young charges, princesses whose growing attraction to the very warriors leading the mission threatens to unravel his carefully laid plans, and the future of Egypt itself. Wilbur Smith returns to his beloved Egyptian series with a sweeping tale of strategy, loyalty and desire.