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Queen of Kings

By Maria Dahvana Headley

Queen of Kings Contemporary literature

Queen of Kings

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What if Cleopatra didn't die in 30 BC alongside her beloved Mark Antony? What if she couldn't die? What if she became immortal? Queen of Kings is the first instalment in an epic epoch-spanning story of one woman's clash with the Roman Empire and the gods of Egypt in a quest to save everything she holds dear. As Octavian Caesar (later Augustus) and his legions march into Alexandria Cleopatra Queen of Egypt summons Sekhmet the goddess of Death and Destruction in a desperate attempt to resurrect her husband who has died by his own hand and save her kingdom. But this deity demands something in return: Cleopatra's soul. Against her will Egypt's queen becomes a blood-craving shape-shifting immortal: a not-quite-human manifestation of a goddess who seeks to destroy the world. Battling to preserve something of her humanity Cleopatra pursues Octavian back to Rome - she desires revenge she yearns for her children - and she craves blood... It is a dangerous journey she must make. She will confront witches mythic monsters the gods of ancient Greece and Rome and her own warring nature. She will kill but she will also find mercy. She will raise an extraordinary army to fight her enemies and she will see her beloved Antony again. But to save him from the endless torment of Hades she must make a devastating sacrifice. Brutally authentic historical fiction meets the darkest of fantasy in Maria Dahvana Headley's extraordinary debut novel about the most famous woman in history: Cleopatra Queen of Kings.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
498
Release Date:
2012-07-19
Publication Date:
2012-07-19
Publisher:
Bantam
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0857500392
ISBN13:
9780857500397
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
579 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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