The River Became Blood

When the Gods Fell - Book OneEgypt has survived famine, invasion, rebellion and the rise and fall of kings. But it has never faced a god it cannot control.Nefira has built her life on records.As a trusted record-keeper within the palace administration, she knows that Egypt's power rests not only upon armies and temples, but upon what is written, what is remembered - and what is quietly erased.Then two Hebrew brothers stand before Pharaoh.Their demand is impossible.Their God is foreign.And Pharaoh refuses.When Nefira begins uncovering traces of a past Egypt has deliberately forgotten, the official story she has served all her life begins to fracture. Meanwhile, her husband Khepri, an officer sworn to preserve Pharaoh's order, finds himself commanded to suppress the very people his conscience increasingly tells him are being wronged.Then the Nile turns to blood.As Egypt's priests struggle to explain the impossible and the palace fights to preserve control, Nefira and Khepri are drawn into choices that could destroy their positions, their marriage, and their lives.Because something greater than rebellion has begun.Egypt's gods are watching.And one by one, they are going to fall.A sweeping adult biblical historical-fantasy told from inside Egypt, The River Became Blood begins the story of the Exodus through the eyes of those who watched their world begin to unravel.