Title: Revenge of the Gods Volume 1 - Manhunt - Christian Jacq - book
Summary :
528 BC. In the marvelous city of Sais, west of the Nile Delta, a drama unfolds that will determine the fate of Egypt. A young scribe, Kel, discovers the entire team of the prestigious Bureau of Interpreters murdered. Panicked, Kel flees with the encrypted papyrus the Bureau was working on. Now, everything points to him: he has become the ideal culprit at the heart of a state affair!
For Egypt is at a turning point in its history. The usurping Pharaoh Amasis, a drunkard and lazy man, is only interested in Greece and fails to see the disturbing shadow of the Persians looming on his borders. Intrigues and betrayals continue to shake the Court...
In this poisonous atmosphere, someone has plotted against young Kel. A plot that goes far beyond the little scribe!
Alone, hunted by both the conspirators and the kingdom's police, Kel must break the code of the mysterious papyrus to prove his innocence. His chances of surviving the adventure seem slim... Unless the gods finally come to his rescue?
