He was born to a lower middle class family in a provincial town in Egypt. He served under some of the greatest rulers Egypt had ever known. But the greatest of them was not a King...she was a Queen. And through her, Sennmut would rise to become the second most powerful man in the Empire. The story of their love would survive persecution and the ravages of time. This first book follows Sennmut as he is promoted from a lowly scout, concerned with his duty to his King and his family, and Hatshepsut as she rises from Royal Princess to Queen; their trials of living with a sickly King during a time of poverty for the Kindom; their friendship, and the growing love between the two that must be denied for the sake of duty.