The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled.
Lord Meren, counselor to the Pharaoh, must discover the identity of the person responsible for killing the court scribe while protecting the Pharaoh from potential danger.
Maia and her brother Sethnet are orphaned and sent to live with their cruel aunt and uncle in ancient Thebes; and when Maia pleads with Sethnet, who is studying to be a scribe, to teach her to write, it becomes the one thing that will save her life.
Ancient Egypt, once the land of pharaohs and a kingdom built on gold, now lies ravaged by war, shattered by greed, and drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown.
