House of Rejoicing: 1 (The Book of Coming Forth by Day)

PART 1 of the Book of Coming Forth by Day series. In the waning years of Egypts Eighteenth Dynasty when female power can only come at an unsettling price four royal women struggle against the shadowy influence of Akhenaten the infamous heretic Pharaoh. Akhenaten wields control of a strange emerging religion unlike anything Egypt has seen. His power cant be denied but whoever can maintain her grip on the unpredictable Pharaoh will hold all of Egypt in her hands--and better still will remain mistress of her own fate. Tiy once the undisputed might behind the throne must choose to relinquish her hard-won influence or manipulate the innocent in order to secure her hold on Akhenatens leash. Kiya an idealistic foreign princess will win Akhenaten with love--if hes capable of feeling love at all. The celebrated beauty Nefertiti will use the Pharaoh for her own ends turning the tables of a deadly political game to free herself from her ambitious fathers grasp. And Sitamun kept imprisoned as the Pharaohs plaything will defy the gods themselves to save her daughter from a similar fate. House of Rejoicing is the first part in Libbie Hawkers new ancient Egyptian series The Book of Coming Forth by Day. The story continues in Part Two Storm in the Sky.