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Christian Jacq, author of the international triumphs Ramses and The Stone of Light, brings the people and passions of ancient Egypt to life in an enthralling epic novel in three volumes.

Egypt is a shadow of its former self. An army of barbarians mounted on horse-drawn chariots has swept through the Empire, destroying everything in its path. Known as the Hyksos, these "leaders from foreign lands" have reduced the country of the pharaohs to slavery. Only the city of Thebes resists, protected by the widow of the last pharaoh, Teti the Small. But Teti knows that her reign is limited, that it's only a matter of time before her men succumb to the barbarities of the cruel Hyksos. She has an eighteen-year-old daughter, however: Ahhotep. Fierce, beautiful, and courageous, this girl whom history will call "Egypt's Joan of Arc" will never accept defeat. And so she decides to re-ignite the flame of Egyptian resistance. All by herself.

Combining historical fact with a vivid imagination, Christian Jacq tells the enthralling true story of this Ancient Egyptian warrior-heroine. Without the courage and passion of Queen Ahhotep, the Valley of the Kings and the glorious treasures of the pharaohs, including Ramses the Great, would never have existed.



About the Author

Christian Jacq is one of France's leading Egyptologists. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Ramses series, which has been translated into twenty-four languages and has sold more than six million copies worldwide. He is also the author of the stand-alone novel The Black Pharaoh.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 It's no Ramses..., Avril 5 2004
Christian Jacq's trilogy opener, 'The Empire of Darkness' is set in 1690B.C, covering a decade during the time known as the Second intermediate period. It is, as the title suggests, a period of darkness in Pharaonic Egypt, with the Two Lands beset by the Hyksos invaders who have achieved their conquest with the introduction of the horse and chariot to the military technology.
As a result the only nominally free city is that of Thebes were the aging Queen Teti rules without her Pharoah, but her headstrong daughter, Ahhotep seeks to raise the resistance and vanquish the invaders. At her side, comes the common-born Seqen and her guard dog, Laughter. The former quickly declares his love as they seek to garner some support for their rebellion and becomes her husband and Pharoah. Ahhotep dedicates her cause to Mut and is blessed by the Eygyptian Gods.
The Hyksos are represented by the evil Apophis, his henchman Khamudi and their wives, who enjoy torturing, murdering and suppressing the Eygptians, the resistance grassroots by the wily Afghan and his growing band of rebels. However, a sympathetic Hyksos appointed overlord, Emheb, ensures that Ahhotep and Seqen are able to maintain the facade of Thebes' subservience throughout the years whilst secretly removing all the Hyksos sympathizers and creating a small army with which to strike back. By the end of the first novel, they have two strong children and eventually cast off their cloak of meekness to attack and defeat the Hyksos in two river and then one land battle, the last ultimately costing the Pharaoh his life. Nevertheless we are set up the for the next two novels for Ahhotep to continue her liberation of Egypt.
As ever Jacq's style is very limited and punchy and his novels would benefit from more 'fill'. It is as though he wants to move from key scene to key scene as quickly as possible and, as such, there is little character empathy or even understandable reason for their actions most of the time. Indeed the entire novel is screenplay in its effort. Nevertheless, this has been Jacq's style (or the style of Dyson, the translator) for most of his novels now, so it is to be expected. For now, novelisation of historical Egypt is dominated by Jacq's prolific pen, but there is room for substantial improvement.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Great Book - - Could not put it down!, Mars 22 2004
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I loved this book. The other two books in the series are available on amazon. uk site. I couldn't wait for them to be released in the USA. I ordered and paid international shipping. Jacq also has another series listed on the UK site that has not been release in USA.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 My Other Review, Janv. 15 2004
This review is from: Empire of Darkness (Paperback)
I thought that this story was great. I really enjoyed the way this story was told. Out of all of the main characters, my favorite was Ahhotep. I liked her the most because she showed real power and courage. Eventhough life had put her through many hard things she never gave up. She showed real bravery. I also liked the way the author characterized the enemy. He told how awful they really were. The one thing that I disliked about the book was how detailed the author explained how the enemy tourtured his captives. I thought it was a little too graphic for me. But in an overall veiw i really enjoyed the book because it really showed how these people were smart and could defend themselves mentaly by thinking of strategies. I have this book in paperback...
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4.0étoiles sur 5 My Review
I thought that this book was really great. I liked most of the characters except for the Hyksos. I, also thought that this book was thought out really well. Read more
Publié le Janv. 15 2004 par mallbabe921

3.0étoiles sur 5 Hire a new translator, Mr. Jacq
I adored the Ramses series. I enjoyed it so much that it inspired me to take a tour of Egypt after I had finished reading it. Read more
Publié le Janv. 5 2004 par David L. Gilbert

3.0étoiles sur 5 animals to the rescue??
I had read almost all of jacq's books, well, basically i loved reading his books, but there are things that bothers me tho. Read more
Publié le Oct. 15 2003 par pickelhaube

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