Titans Of War Av Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

AN UNSTOPPABLE ENEMY. A CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FORSALVATION.For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the handsof the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continueto advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout theconflict, a brave resistance fights on under the great Taita, a slave who has risenfar beyond his ranks. Piay, entrusted into Taita's care by his parents at the age of just five, has beentrained to become a great spy, unmatched by any other.Determined to prove hisworth, he embarks on a dangerous mission to the lands in the north - to Mycenaeand through the heart of Hyksos land and across the great sea - to find allies tohelp defend Egypt. As the situation becomes increasingly precarious, and the fateof the kingdom is hanging in the balance, can Piay succeed in his quest or will thismean the end of the glory that is Egypt once and for all?