Osorkon: War of Shadows
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The terror unleashed by the renegade priests of Karnak has been ended. Those responsible have been annihilated, in body and name, denied rebirth in an act of heavy-handed wrath. Yet, the whispers of unease and discontent endure. Is the Crown Prince Osorkon of sound mind or will the wrathful fires of his Meshwesh blood see yet more burn?
The Two Lands are at a temporary peace. The war between Tanis and Thebes, Egypt's two mightiest cities, has come to a temporary truce, neither side possessing the strength to overcome the other, but the strain of war weights heavy on Takelot, more than any can truly know. The allied forces of Hermopolis arrive home to a city in ruins, their role in the civil strife over, while an old black-hearted enemy returns from the dead to threaten the Theban coalition's unity.
The time for honourable battle has past, for a new field of conflict emerges, one that operates only in the shadows. The cost of failure has never been higher, and Thebes threatens to fall deeper into chaos and confusion before it finds peace.
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Ryan Pope is an Australian historical fiction author. Born in 1992 on a northern mountain inhabited by snakes, kangaroos and an echidna named Rex, his parents later saw sense and moved south. He grew up on the Sunshine Coast, a place deceptively named as it often rained. As such, he developed a love of books and reading early on. He has been fascinated by ancient cultures all his life and would visit more if they weren't all so far away.
Based now on the Sunshine Coast, Ryan has worked as a magazine editor, curriculum editor and freelance writer/editor. At university, he studied Communication and Writing and completed a Master's thesis titled "Fictional Languages and Identity in Fantasy and Science Fiction".
