City of the Horizon is the first of Anton Gill's 1990's-ish three book series featuring Huy the Scribe, set in 18th dynasty Egypt.
It's on US Kindle Countdown for about 4 1/4 more days at $0.99 before going up to $3.99.
Neither of the other two books appears to be available as an e-book (on US Kindle, at least), but hopefully the other two will "arrive" soon.
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http://www.amazon.com/City-Horizon-A...dp/B00YPJMAD2/
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1350 B.C. Egypt.
The 18th Dynasty.
Akhenaten, the reformist pharaoh, has died, and his successor, the child pharaoh Tutankhamun, is effectively controlled by political schemers with no love for Akhenaten's old supporters.
Many of them have lost their lives, but Huy, once a scribe in Akhenaten's court, is luckier: He's lost merely his home and the right to practice his trade.
His friend, Amotju encourages him to move to the south to get on with his life and he has his own reason: he believes his rival is trying to kill him and wants Huy to investigate.
In desperation, Huy becomes a travelling troubleshooter, the world's first private eye. He blunders into an increasingly violent and dangerous situation when Amotju stumbles on a tomb robbing operation and asks Huy to investigate.
In his first case, he is up against Egypt's powerful priesthood and a brutal gang of tomb-robbers, all while trying to evade the clutches of the secret police.
He’s thrown into his new role as an investigator, but can he find any clues that his friend is in danger?
And can he do it without getting himself into danger with the police and the dangerous gangs encircling him?
The answers lie just beyond the horizon…
‘City of the Horizon’ is a gripping historical thriller set in Ancient Egypt.
It is the first volume in the Egyptian Mysteries series.
Praise for Anton Gill:
‘Brilliantly researched history blending with a tense thriller to rank with the best of them.’ Reinhard Hesse
‘All you’ve ever wanted to know about sex in ancient Egypt…including a tour of the best brothels, plus tips on how to do it,…Exotic, erotic and highly recommended, like Gill’s first Egyptian mystery, City of the Horizon.’ Literary Review
‘Anton Gill supplies enough tension and breadth of description to keep one wanting to know the answer…and he is very readable.’ Times Literary Supplement
Anton Gill has been a freelance writer since 1984, specialising in European contemporary history but latterly branching out into historical fiction. He is the winner of the H H Wingate Award for non-fiction for his study of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, ‘The Journey Back From Hell’.
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