The Divine Light: Prelude to the Giza Trilogy

The first true pyramid, the Shining Pyramid of Pharaoh Snefru is completed in 2601 B.C. One god is elevated and another demoted in the eyes of Pharaoh and the people. Murder and chaos soon follows, with the priests of the demoted god demanding revenge on the one who has wronged them. This man is Quom, Royal Architect to Pharaoh, the man who has designed and constructed the pyramid for his pharaoh.

Set against the beginnings of the magnificent pyramid age of Ancient Egypt, THE DIVINE LIGHT, a work of historical fiction examines not only the first true pyramid, but also the two earlier failed attempts of the pyramids before it. It also asks the important question: Why did the Ancient Egyptians suddenly change from building simpler tombs for their pharaohs into something far more complex and challenging, something beyond their previous engineering capabilities?

The story of THE DIVINE LIGHT is narrated through the written scrolls (the eyes) of Quom, scrolls the revengeful priests wish to destroy, for these scrolls hold truth and to them this truth must be silenced. A dangerous game ensures, a game against both the pyramid and its designer — a game which can only lead to possible murder! What is the secret of the divine light, the symbol of the pyramid for which these others would murder?

THE DIVINE LIGHT is a prelude to the other books in THE GIZA TRILOGY and though a prelude, can still be read as a belated conclusion to these other books. In its pages, the reader will be transported to the very beginnings of the pyramid age, into a distant time when the mind could visualise the unimaginable and could construct the inconceivable, a time when mighty and all-powerful gods existed and god-king pharaohs ruled!