by WilburSmith (Author)
After the death of his beloved Queen Lostris, Taita performs the rites of embalmment and burial for her. Then, stricken with grief, he retreats into the forbidding deserts of North Africa where he becomes a hermit. Over the years that follow he devotes himself to the study of the mysteries of the occult until, armed with these extraordinary powers, he gradually transforms himself into the Warlock. When he is called upon to save the dynasty of Queen Lostris from the clouds of evil that loom over Egypt he discovers that there has, after all, been a divine purpose in his bereavement and suffering ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 693
Edition: Reprints
Publisher: Pan
Published: 24 May 2002
ISBN 10: 0330376306
ISBN 13: 9780330376303
Book Overview: Wilbur Smith has written 26 novels, including When the Lion Feeds , River God and The Seventh Scroll .
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Book Awards (Fiction) 2002 and WH Smith Book Awards: Fiction 2002.