For Ramses, the Son of Light, the coronation hour has arrived. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth -- people like Moses and the aging Greek poet, Homer -- can truly be trusted. Shaanar, the young king's scheming older brother, still has designs on the crown, and in the shadows, the machinations of a mysterious sorcerer threaten the throne. But royal plots are only part of the new monarch's concerns: Even as he and his bride construct...