All around the bloodstained sands of Egypt, foreign forces stir... Merkhet has never cared for the Golden Throne. He is more than happy being the younger prince, hiding among the crowd as his brother is crowned pharaoh. That's until the High Priest interrupts the ceremony, announcing a vision from the gods. Thrust into a world he doesn't understand, Pharaoh Merkhet is caught in a desperate balancing act of serving his people, soothing the restless court, and satisfying his ego-battered brother. All while rallying their defences for the imminent Hittite invasion. His father made everything seem so simple. Yet the great pharaoh never faced what Merkhet does now. Someone, or something, is lurking in the shadows, plotting against him. The citizens' murmurs grow louder by the day. The Cursed Pharaoh has angered the gods. The life-giving floods will not arrive. Merkhet must expose the shadows if he is to deliver Egypt from famine, war, and utter devastation...