The Heretic Queen: Heiress of Misfortune, Pharaohs Beloved
by By Moran, Michelle
Category: Fiction , Historical , General

In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake  history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire  has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari,  the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has  been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. A relic of  a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run  wild in the palace. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharaoh’ s aunt, then brought to the Temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting  a future queen. Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite  her family’s history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes  this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old,  heretical one. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes  the wife of Ramesses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt,  he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history. Sweeping  in scope and meticulous in detail, The Heretic Queen is a novel of passion and power,  heartbreak and redemption.