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词条 Desert God
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  1. Plot summary

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  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Desert God
| title_orig =
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| image = Desert God - bookcover.jpg
| caption = Hardcover edition
| author = Wilbur Smith
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| language = English
| series = The 'Egyptian' novels
| genre = Fiction
| publisher = William Morrow and Company
| release_date = October 21, 2014
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| media_type = Print, e-book, audiobook
| pages = 424 pp.
| isbn = 978-0062276452
| preceded_by = The Quest
| followed_by = Pharaoh (Wilbur Smith novel) }}

Desert God is a novel by author Wilbur Smith first published in 2014.[1] It is part of a series of novels by Smith set to Ancient Egypt and follows the fate of the Egyptian Kingdom through the eyes of Taita, a multi-talented and highly skilled eunuch slave.

Plot summary

On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita—slave and advisor to the Pharaoh—finds himself at the center of a vortex of passion, intrigue, and danger. His quest to destroy the Hyksos army and form an alliance with Crete takes him on an epic journey up the Nile, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon, and across the open seas. With the future of Egypt itself on his shoulders, Taita enters a world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert sands, evil enemies await in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges of darkness

Character

  • Taita - the genial slave who is the narrator of this story.
  • Memnon - son of Lostris and Tanus, but presumed to be son of Pharaoh.
  • Tehuti - elder daughter of Lostris and Tanus, but presumed to be the daughter of Pharaoh.
  • Bekatha- younger daughter of Lostris and Tanus, but also presumed to be the daughter of Pharaoh.
  • Zaras - the Captain of the Blue Crocodile division of Royal Guards. lover of Tehuti.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/11085608/Wilbur-Smith-interview-for-Desert-God-My-life-is-as-good-as-its-ever-been.html |title=Wilbur Smith interview for Desert God: 'My life is as good as it's ever been' |first=Jake |last=Kerridge |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 September 2014 |accessdate=27 December 2014}}

External links

{{Wilbur Smith}}

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