HEIRS OF THE GODS book 1
THE EYE OF BASTET
The Eye of Bastet is a story about how much of ourselves we’re willing to lose to save the people we love. And what’s left of an identity once faith, blood, and survival stop lining up.
Blurb
A goddess stripped of her past.
A woman robbed of her future.
A secret erasing Akhenaten's bloodline.
All Kefera wants is to forget and pretend. Forget the day her mother, the High Priestess of Bastet, was murdered when guards broke up a forbidden ceremony. Pretend she can live quietly, working in her father's House of Beer, and learn to love the man she is promised to.
But when her younger sister decides to unearth the Eye of Bastet and embrace her legacy as a priestess, Kefera is thrust into a race against time. She must save Maibe from the wrath of Aten's clergy and recover the diadem, the goddess's last talisman to survive Akhenaten's purge.
From Bastet's city to the Sun Disk's capital, where death shadows the royal family, Kefera discovers that finding the Eye is only the beginning. Between the oath she swore to her sister and the trust a frightened princess, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, places in her, every choice pulls her in two directions.
To set the Eye upon Maibe's brow, Kefera will have to betray something sacred.
In the end, it may be herself.
Themes
- Blood as bond and burden
- Self-sacrifice for family
- Suppressed faith vs. state religion
- Hidden identity / loss of self
- Corruption of power
- Guilt and redemption arc
Tropes
- Undercover Protagonist / Fish out of Water at Court
- Improbable Friendship with Royalty / Instant Bond
- MacGuffin (religious/magical artifact)
- Predatory Authority Figure / villain with Sexual Sadist characterization
- Star-Crossed Lovers (background subplot)
- Animal Companion with Symbolic/Divine Ties
Content Warnings
- Graphic rape / sexual assault
- Sexual violence with degradation
- Graphic violence / on-page murder
- Torture (premeditated)
- Child/sibling permanent injury
- Parental death / grief (referenced trauma, not on-page)
Step into ancient Egypt. The real one.
You won’t find the Nile, but the (Great) River. You won’t read about Thebes, but about Waset. In these pages, the Egypt of over three thousand years ago comes alive through the eyes of those who truly lived it: its names, its titles, its voices.
Every historical detail has been woven into the story to accompany the reading without ever slowing it down. An authentic world that reveals itself page by page, without needing to be explained.
For those who wish to go deeper, brief endnotes uncover the meaning behind rituals, objects, and places, while an appendix featuring an Egyptian calendar of seasons and historical notes separates archaeological fact from narrative license.
Get ready to cross the threshold into the Lands of the River.
Coming on September 2026
Also in this series
Heirs of the gods prequel novella
learn more
Heirs of the gods book 2
Coming on March 2027
