Amenhotep, Son of Hapu: A Tale of Egypt Book 1, Scribe’s Ascent

One of the most realistic, fictional accounts of ancient Egyptian life ever penned, Scribe’s Ascent is the first novel in the Amenhotep, Son of A Tale of Egypt series. As Egypt’s foremost minent grise, Amenhotep narrates in Scribe’s Ascent his rise from a miserable provincial backwater to a position second only to Pharaoh’s in power. The story unfolds as Egypt is on the verge of a cultural and religious upheaval that threatens everything the aged scribe cherishes. Tenaciously devoted to tradition, betrayed by his family, and with a new king, his one-time pupil, plotting to destroy him, Amenhotep now understands he played a pivotal role in triggering the coming catastrophe, an era later called the “Amarna Revolution.” To avoid everlasting damnation, Amenhotep begins to plead his that his single purpose in life was to preserve the established order—the perfection of things at the beginning—against change, confusion, and chaos.