Pharaoh's Son (Memphis Cycle)
I am happy to present the updated edition ofPharaoh's Son, the third (published) book in The Memphis Cycle. It came about when I was thumbing through tour brochures for a trip to Egypt, which I was planning years ago. I came across a photograph of an immense forty-foot statue that once stood before the great Temple of Ptah at Memphis. Time had toppled it, and when I looked at the faint smile and its downcast eyes (colossal statues were carved to seem as though they were gazing down at the throngs below) I could not help imagining what it must have been like when that mighty monolith went down.......And soPharaoh's Sonwas conceived. I wrote it, loved it, and it was published some years ago. Time passed and other books were written: A Killing Among the Dead, set at the very end of the Ramesside Dynasties, just before Egypt--The Two Lands--was split asunder. Then cameThe City of Refuge, which sat at the very beginning of the timeline's cycle. Mourningtide, the second in the cycle is ready and will be published. Others are in the works, one involving the Battle of Kadesh, another telling a love story. I am enjoying researching the last of the Ramesside kings - a scholar-prince named Ranefer. All are part of 'The Memphis Cycle'.But what ofPharaoh's Son? Time had passed and the storyline had evolved. Facts were set that I had not been aware of when I first wrotePharaoh's Son. A timeline is a living, growing thing. I withdrewPharaoh's Sonfrom production and reviewed it. The story, what happened and why, is unchanged, but the background, some of the events, some of the minor characters, needed clarification. It contains three new chapters, has been re-edited, and sits well, now, in its proper place. I am glad to bring it out again, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.