Pharaon

Synopsis of Pharaon

Sudan, 1884. A British expedition sets out to rescue General Gordon, besieged in the city of Khartoum. In the desert, Major Edward Mayne makes a discovery: the temple of Sobek, intended for human sacrifices. In present-day Egypt, archaeologist Jack Howard explores the Mediterranean in search of the sarcophagus of Menkaure. Unbeknownst to them, both men are following the same trail: the path left by the Pharaoh Akhenaten over 3,000 years ago, before his mysterious disappearance in the desert, where the sands seem to have swallowed him along with his legacy. This thrilling novel by David Gibbins plunges the reader into a formidable adventure at the heart of the mysteries of the Nile, within a world 3,000 years old, among a people who swore to keep the greatest secret of all time.