With friend Camilla, Zona escorts diplomat Hosni Pebekkannum home to Heliopolis, Egypt. After war in Latium and Aeneas, it should be easy. It isn't. The city gates bring trouble. Then come scheming lackeys, Pharaoh's second wife Tiye, a murder attempt. Travelling to Ramses' Nile army, the trio are waylaid by Kushites. Zona fights magical and dream monsters, a man convinced she slew his friend. Set free, she has new enemies, and rides for the Nile again. The three Macha brothers want revenge on her for their deceased sibling. They lead the most fearsome fleet ever, that of the Sea Peoples. There is a final climactic battle... About the Author Former Civil Servant and Probation Service Offi cer, Nick Berry has worked in the MOD and is a veteran of the courts. Divorced, with three sons, he reads widely, enjoying music, art and sculpture. Artwork by Carly Edge.