The Asp of Saqqara

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Would you kill a god to save your family?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On the fringes of the great necropolis of Saqqara Hanbal son of Akil has always lived a life of peace and plenty on his family's horse farm. That is until the hordes of King Darius' Persian army arrive and the people of Egypt find themselves persecuted and enslaved and their ancient gods disrespected.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Hanbal's family and fortune are destroyed by the invaders he takes up the mantle of an assassin one who fights from the shadows for the people of Egypt.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then one day hope springs out of the west at the coming of Alexander of Macedon and his army. The land of Egypt is liberated and the people welcome their new pharaoh with open arms.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That hope however turns to bitter disappointment for Hanbal the day that two Athenian spies appear at his door with an ultimatum...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He must kill Alexander of Macedon or else lose his wife and children to pain and death.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Can Hanbal save his family? Can he bring himself to kill the king who has liberated his homeland? Or will he be swept away in a river of blood to the ends of the Earth?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Only the Gods know...</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Asp of Saqqara</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the beginning of a first-hand account of one of the most exciting periods in ancient history: the campaigns of Alexander the Great. It is the story of an assassin the son of a god and an epic journey into the unknown.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Read this ancient memoir of family love war and hate for an intimate look at the world of the greatest leader in history.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>To kill evil is easy... To kill hope is not...</span></p><p></p>