Nefertiti's Sister

<p><em>Nefertiti's Sister</em> takes place in a historically accurate ancient Egypt of the 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom-the time of Nefertiti and her husband King Akhenaten as well as ultimately by the famous boy king Tut. </p><p><br></p><p>The story centers around a clutch of royal women who are doing everything they can to keep each other safe and supported in a dominantly patriarchal culture particularly in the areas of sex politics love and birth. Out of necessity a life-saving scheme is hatched that not only plunges the women involved into a conspiracy far over their heads but also leaves their mark forever on history.</p><p><br></p><p>Along the way we learn that every woman has a story ranging from forced marriage tragic deaths and murder and women loving women in a society where there are no sexual taboos. Add innovative ideas about birth sisterhood secrets and feminism and you get a story of Egypt never told before.</p>