Out of the Black Land

Set in the prosperous 18th dynasty of Egypt, this audiobook follows the intertwining lives of young peasant Ptah-hotep, the royal family, and the ambitious general Horemheb. As Ptah-hotep is thrust into the treacherous politics of the court as a royal scribe, he must navigate envious rivals and hidden dangers. Meanwhile, the child princess Mutnodjme grapples with her sister Nefertiti's marriage to the weak Amenhotep IV, who harbors a dangerous obsession with a single god—threatening to upend the very fabric of their society. As tensions rise within the palace, the looming threat of madness and tyranny casts a shadow over the empire.