After five years away in the army, Seti-meryAmun comes home to his villageato his wife Satet and his daughter DjedNephtys-iw-es-ankh, known as Ankhess. He should have been able to resume his life as Chief of Workmen in the Valley of the Kings, but a lot has happened in five years. The marriage of Ankhess to the soldier Amunhotep looks to be on the rocks, and he has a slave, the Habiru, Salman, to complicate his life. Within a matter of weeks, Seti is embroiled in fraud in the Workmenas Village, tomb robbing and murder. For Ankhess, love is less important than the perils her family find themselves inaand her sudden rise to prominence when she is chosen as a Royal Favourite. She joins forces with the remarkable Salman to save her Father, make sure that justice is done, and to finally recognize her own destiny with a man who truly loves her.