Title: Setna's Investigations Volume 2 - The Forbidden Book - Christian Jacq - book
Summary :
Crossings at the court of Ramses II
Will love be strong enough to outwit the evil traps?
Prince Setna, youngest son of Ramses II, must travel to the capital to question his father about the disappearance of the sealed vase of Osiris, a unique vessel that contains the secret of life and death. But the path to finding it is fraught with danger, and there is no indication that Pharaoh will agree to confide the truth to him. Setna, however, has a mission to accomplish: to obtain the Book of Thoth, the forbidden book, which alone can stop the thief, a black magician with sinister designs.
Meanwhile, Setna's fiancée, Sekhet, has been in hiding ever since her father, after making a terrifying revelation, tried to kill her. Taking refuge with peasants, she must once again flee to escape killers.
Will Sékhet be able to pass on to Setna the terrible secret she holds? Meanwhile, the black mage progresses on the path of Evil...
