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Maria Dahvana Headley’s Queen Of Kings imagines that Queen Cleopatra did not die in 30 BC. Instead, the powerful Egyptian ruler became immortal. This exciting, original novel blends history, fantasy, romance and the supernatural.
The plot:
Cleopatra summons Sekhmet, the Goddess of Death and Destruction, in a desperate attempt to resurrect her husband Mark Antony, and save her kingdom. But this deity demands something in return: Cleopatra herself. Against her will, Cleopatra becomes a blood-craving, shape-shifting immortal: a manifestation of a goddess who seeks to destroy the world. She desires revenge on her enemies … and human blood.
Book Reviews:
“Serpents, sorcerers, sex! Egypt, Rome, Greece! A brilliantly energetic smorgasbord.” – bestselling author Garth Stein
“A powerful work of the imagination, stalking the murky, dangerous territory between Anne Rice’s The Queen Of The Damned and Robert Graves’ I, Claudius.” – author Neil Gaiman
About the author:
Maria Dahvana Headley is an American writer and playwright who is married to Robert Schenkkan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter and actor.
This is her first fiction novel. Maria wrote a memoir that may become a film – The Year Of Yes, which is an account of the year she spent saying yes to dates with anyone who asked her out.
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