Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) | Rapid City Public Library

When ancient Egypt is threatened by a series of terrifying plagues, including the failure of the Nile River, the pharaoh sends the warlock Taita on a perilous quest to the source of the Nile to uncover the cause of the catastrophe.

5) Desert god

Author

Smith, Wilbur A

Series

Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 5
Ancient Egypt volume Bk. 5

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

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On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita -- a freed slave and advisor to the Pharaoh -- devises a plan to destroy Egypt's most feared enemy, the mighty Hyksos. His quest will take him on an epic journey up the ancient river, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon and across the open seas -- all in the company of the Pharaoh's exquisite sisters. With the future of the kingdom itself on his shoulders, Taita plunges into a world...

6) Pharaoh

Author

Smith, Wilbur A

Series

Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 6
Ancient Egypt volume Bk. 6

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

7) The new kingdom

Author

Smith, Wilbur A

Series

Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 7
Ancient Egypt volume Bk. 7

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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In the heart of Egypt, under the watchful eye of the Gods, a new power is rising. In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful facades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father,...

8) Titans of war

Author

Smith, Wilbur A

Series

Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 8
Ancient Egypt volume Bk. 8

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands of the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continue to advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout the conflict, a brave resistance fights on under the great Taita, a slave who has risen far beyond his ranks. Piay, entrusted into Taita's care by his parents at the age of just five, has been trained to become...

9) Testament

Author

Smith, Wilbur A

Series

Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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"Years of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been reunited by the armies of the true Pharaoh, his position is perilous, his rule under threat from those who seek to take advantage of the turmoil caused by the overthrow of the Hyksos. Desperate to keep Egypt united, Taita the Magus, summons his protégé, Piay, to solve a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure Egypt's future forever....