{"product_id":"9781464200403","title":"Out of the Black Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eEighteenth Dynasty Egypt is peaceful and prosperous under the dual rule of the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV, until the younger Pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePtah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a Nile hut with his lover Kheperren and their dog Wolf. But Amenhotep IV appoints him as Great Royal Scribe. Surrounded by bitterly envious rivals and enemies, how long will Ptah-hotep survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child-princess Mutnodjme sees her beautiful sister Nefertiti married off to the impotent young Amenhotep. But Nefertiti must bear royal children, so the ladies of the court devise a shocking plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKheperren, meanwhile, serves as scribe to the daring teenage General Horemheb. But while the Pharaoh’s shrinking army guards the Land of the Nile from enemies on every border, a far greater menace impends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor, not content with his own devotion to one god alone, the newly-renamed Akhnaten plans to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis horrified court soon realize that the Pharaoh is not merely deformed, but irretrievably mad; and that the biggest danger to the Empire is in the royal palace itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031110041840,"sku":"9781464200403","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781464200403_p0.jpg?v=1763682391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781464200403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}