Ramses II is about to reach his coronation. He has all he should need to become the great pharaoh: his wife Nefertari and his mother both love him unconditionally, and he derives great strength from solid friendships he formed in childhood, especially with the Hebrew Moses. And yet still the young pharaoh must fight to hold on to the throne. For lurking all around in the shadows are new conspiracies against Ramses. Will he succeed in avoiding the traps set in his path by his older brother? Can he avert the black magic of a mysterious sorcerer and ward off the schemes of the Hitties?