The new Pharaoh, Ramses, "Son of Light," dreams of being one of Egypt's great kings. But keeping the throne takes intelligence and cunning. Even his powerful bodyguard Serramanna cannot protect against a sorcerer wielding black magic, a merciless Hittite invader, and Shaanar, his scheming brother. And with a new religion rising like the mighty Nile, can Ramses still trust his friends Moses, the Hebrew, and Setau, the snake charmer? Now the young Pharaoh, with his passionate wife Nefertari at his side, hopes to vanquish his adversaries, with an audacious plan-building a temple that can outlast them all....