Lion of Scythia

Overton, Max

Literature & Fiction

Clocktower Books

Lion of Scythia - Book 1 of the Lion of Scythia Trilogy

Literary

Atlantic Bridge Pub

Scarab - Smenkhkare follows on from the first book in this series as King Akhenaten, distraught at the rebellion and exile of his beloved wife Nefertiti, withdraws from public life, content to leave the affairs of Egypt in the hands of his younger half-brother Smenkhkare. When Smenkhkare disappears on a hunting expedition, his sister Beketaten, known as Scarab, is forced to flee for her life.   Finding refuge among her mother's people, the Khabiru, Scarab has resigned herself to a life in exile, when she hears that her brother Smenkhkare is still alive. He is raising an army in Nubia to overthrow Ay and reclaim his throne. Scarab hurries south to join him as he confronts Ay and General Horemheb outside the gates of Thebes.  Max Overton's series on the Amarnan kings sheds new light on the end of the 18th dynasty of pharaohs. Details of these troubled times have been lost as later kings expunged all records of the Heretic king Akhenaten and his successors. Max Overton has researched the era thoroughly, piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten - Scarab.

Scarab - Akhenaten (Amarnan Kings)

Genre Fiction

Createspace Independent Pub

Scarab -smenkhkare (Amarnan Kings)

Scarab and her brother Smenkhkare are in exile in Nubia, but are gathering an army to wrest control of Egypt from the boy king Tutankhamen and his controlling uncle, Ay. Meanwhile, the kingdoms are beset by internal troubles and the Amorites are pressing hard against the northern borders. Generals Horemheb and Paramessu must fight a war on two fronts while deciding where their loyalties lie - with the former king Smenkhkare or with the new young king in Thebes. Smenkhkare and Scarab march on Thebes with their native army to meet the legions of Tutankhamen on the plains outside the city gates. The fate of Egypt and the 18th dynasty hang in the balance as two brothers battle for supremacy and the throne of the Two Kingdoms.

Tutankhamen (Amarnan Kings)

Scarab and her brother Smenkhkare are in exile in Nubia, but are gathering an army to wrest control of Egypt from the boy king Tutankhamen and his controlling uncle, Ay.  Meanwhile, the kingdoms are beset by internal troubles and the Amorites are pressing hard against the northern borders. Generals Horemheb and Paramessu must fight a war on two fronts while deciding where their loyalties lie - with the former king Smenkhkare or with the new young king in Thebes.  Smenkhkare and Scarab march on Thebes with their native army to meet the legions of Tutankhamen on the plains outside the city gates. The fate of Egypt and the 18th dynasty hang in the balance as two brothers battle for supremacy and the throne of the Two Kingdoms.

The Amarnan Kings, Book 3: Scarab - Tutankhamen

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great and the young king confidently predicted that his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later he was still on the throne and one by one his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When he at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man - Merenptah. What followed laid the groundwork for a nation ripped apart by civil war. The northern tribes rebelled and joined forces with the Sea Peoples, invading from the north; while in the south the king's eldest son, angered at being passed over in favour of the younger son, plotted to rid himself of his father and brother. An ageing king takes to the field to fight for the House of Ramesses.

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1: Merenptah

Merenptah is dead after only nine years on the throne and his son Seti is king in his place. He rules from the northern city of Men-nefer, while his elder brother Messuwy, convinced the throne is his by right, plots rebellion in the south. The kingdoms are tipped into bloody civil war, with brother fighting against brother for the throne of a united Egypt. On one side is Messuwy, now crowned as King Amenmesse and his ruthless General Sethi; on the other, young King Seti and his wife Tausret. But other men are weighing up the chances of wresting the throne from both brothers and becoming king in their place. The House of Ramesses crumbles under the onslaught.

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2: Seti

The House of Ramesses falters as Tausret relinquishes the throne upon the death of her husband, King Seti. Amenmesse's young son Siptah will become king until her infant son is old enough to rule. Tausret, as Regent, and the king's uncle, Chancellor Bay, hold tight to the reins of power, and vie for complete control of the kingdoms. Assassination changes the balance of power and Chancellor Bay attempts a coup... Tausret's troubles mount as she also faces a challenge from Setnakhte, an aging son of the Great Ramesses who believes Seti was the last legitimate king. If Setnakhte gets his way, he will destroy the House of Ramesses and set up his own dynasty of kings.

Fall of the House of Ramesses: Tausret

Alexander the Great has conquered the Persian Empire and is marching eastward to India. In his wake he leaves small groups of Macedonian soldiers to wield military power over great tracts of land and diverse peoples. Nikometros, son of Leonnatus, is a young cavalry captain left behind in the province of Sogdiana, near the borders of the fierce nomadic Scythian horsemen. Captured after an ambush, he must fight for his life and the lives of his surviving men. With the aid of a young priestess of the Mother Goddess, he achieves a position of trust within the tribe. But not all Scythians welcome his presence. The chief's son sees him as a threat to his own position, and other Scythian lords have their own agendas. Nikometros must play them off against each other as he seeks an opportunity to escape. Complicating matters is a feeling of loyalty to the chief, and a developing relationship with the young priestess.

Action & Adventure

Mundania Pr

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Lion of Scythia

Lion of Scythia - Book 1 of the Lion of Scythia Trilogy

Scarab - Akhenaten (Amarnan Kings)

Scarab -smenkhkare (Amarnan Kings)

Tutankhamen (Amarnan Kings)

The Amarnan Kings, Book 3: Scarab - Tutankhamen

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1: Merenptah

Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2: Seti

Fall of the House of Ramesses: Tausret

Lion of Scythia