Sekhet is a kobi – a
young woman of mixed heritage; a child of Khaldun and Tihrak. After
she is scarred by the jackal, a creature of the Old Kingdom, the
people of her village say she is cursed. Locked in a cage, and
defenceless against the unrelenting desert heat, Sekhet waits for
death. But she is rescued by the Daughters of Neith – warrior
priestesses who serve the Pharaoh.
The Daughters offer
Sekhet a place amongst them. They will train her, body and mind, and
teach her the secrets of their alchemy. They soon become the family
Sekhet has never known, and they accept her for who she is. But
Sekhet has changed. The jackal will always be a part of her now,
struggling to be unleashed. As a daughter of the jackal, Sekhet has
the power to become a great hero – or Khaldun’s greatest villain.
When Sekhet becomes an
unwitting pawn in a conspiracy against the Pharaoh, she is forced to
go on the run. She journeys to Tihrak, seeking an ancient city
beneath the sands. There, Sekhet must face a terrible beast and
retrieve a mysterious artefact – the one thing that may save
Khaldun and the life of the girl she loves. But if she is to succeed,
Sekhet must learn to tame the power of the jackal.
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