{"product_id":"house-of-two-pharaohs-by-wilbur-smith-9781838776398","title":"House of Two Pharaohs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe multi-million copy bestseller Wilbur Smith is back with his most thrilling novel yet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden in the shadows, an evil will rise . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiay\u003c\/em\u003e, appointed Nomarch of Memphis by the God-Pharoah Rameses, has transformed his city, rebuilding the famous white walls, feeding the once starving citizens and returning the wealth plundered by the barbarian Hyksos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the city's newly-constructed vault - with the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in blood - panic tears through the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePiay\u003c\/em\u003e calls on the only man in Egypt he knows can discover the truth: his mentor, the great sage Taita. But soon after Taita's arrival in Memphis, the bloody mark of Anubis appears again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaita and Piay are pitted against a criminal mastermind turned warlord. The pair's adversary has a simple, brutal aim: restore the Red Pretender's kingdom - and obliterate Rameses's forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn into a desperate battle of wits, can Taita and Piay finally reunite the two kingdoms? Or will the shadow of the Red Pretender tear Egypt apart once again?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho will survive the battle in the house of the two pharaohs?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A master storyteller' Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Best historical novelist' Stephen King \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665487806700,"sku":"9781838776398","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781838776398-house-of-two-pharaohs.jpg?v=1779746263","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/house-of-two-pharaohs-by-wilbur-smith-9781838776398","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}