description: Egypt. 17th century B.C. An army of barbarians has swept through the Empire, destroying everything in its path. Known as the Hyksos, the 'leaders from foreign lands', the invaders have reduced the land of the pharaohs to slavery. Only one city resists: Thebes, where the widow of the last pharaoh, Teti the Small, still reigns. Teti knows it's only a matter of time before her men, too, succumb. But Teti has a daughter. Fierce, beautiful and courageous, eighteen-year-old Ahhotep will never accept defeat. And so she decides to re-ignite the flame of Egyptian resistance - all by herself.
language: English
title: The Empire of Darkness
titlecomplete: The Empire of Darkness
genres: Fiction, Mythology, Egypt, Fantasy, Historical, France, Africa, Ancient, Historical Fiction, Roman
ratings_count: 875
series: La Reine Liberté
publisher: Pocket Books