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Every legend begins with a sacrifice.
Every talisman demands one.

For fifteen years, Tjanefer has lived in the shadows. He has worked raw metal like a blacksmith, though his hands once crafted sacred jewels.

In the Egypt of Akhenaten, the Heretic Pharaoh, the old gods have been erased by decree. Their temples closed, their priests scattered, their names chiseled from stone. For a man who served the goddess, there are only two choices: hide or die. Tjanefer chose the former to protect his daughter and to honor the memory of the woman he loved and lost.

But the past has roots deeper than the well where memories are thrown.

When a hunter of heretics discovers what he is, Tjanefer flees to the Great River’s delta, where a desecrated temple, a dying goddess, and an ancient rite could save what remains of Kemet’s ancient religion.

But the talisman requires fire. It requires gold. It requires blood.

And a price that Tjanefer, looking into his daughter’s eyes, never imagined he would have to pay.

• Secret Legacy
• Reluctant Hero
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Religious Fanatic Villain
• Cinnamon Roll / Safe Haven

• Violence
• Ritualistic Self-Harm
• Death