Neferura
A Novel
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
For readers of The Wolf Den and Kaikeyi comes the thrilling tale of the forgotten daughter of a legendary Egyptian pharaoh and the path she must take to escape her own dangerous fate.
There are many paths to power.
They all come with a price.
Neferura, princess and high priestess of Kemet, knows her duty is to her people. When your mother is the great Pharaoh, it is hard to forget. But Neferura’s unique position at court comes with high stakes for her country, especially when she’s forced to serve her vile half-brother, a man determined to stop Neferura’s potential rise.
Peace, it seems, never lasts for women who wield power in the open. Especially when they cross a vengeful man.
When Neferura overhears Thutmose’s plot to end her mother’s rule, she knows he must be stopped, no matter the cost. The discovery of a mysterious tattooed wisewoman and her shadowy network of spies offers an uneasy alliance. But the wisewoman wields more power than Neferura knew possible—power with the potential to rival her own. Neferura must decide where her loyalties lie and how much she’s willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves before everything crumbles at the hands of a tyrant.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Historian Evans (the Egyptified Joneses middle grade series) channels her knowledge of Egyptology into a gripping political drama of Egypt's 18th Dynasty. Neferura, the daughter of female pharaoh Hatshepsut, has settled into her prescribed role carrying out duties typically performed by a male pharaoh's royal spouse, including serving as the country's most powerful priestess. But threats come from within the royal family; Neferura's half brother, Thutmose, a formerly shy boy who joined her in pretending to be a ruler when they were very young, has unexpectedly appeared at court, where he spreads the rumor that Hatshepsut poisoned their father to claim the throne. Neferura fears her brother will make a public accusation, which could plunge the kingdom into chaos—and lead to her death. She schemes to thwart Thutmose and debunk his claim, even as she worries that it might have a basis in fact, and that she's underestimated her mother's own ruthlessness. Evans seamlessly integrates vivid period details into the clever and tense plot, including the practice of ingesting crocodile dung to terminate a pregnancy. Admirers of Nick Drake's Rai Rahotep trilogy will be pleased.
