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MEGIDDO, CANAAN
1194 BC

Later, Seraphe would say that it was the voice of a man, though Darius swore it was a woman, but the words and the urgency with which they were spoken were the same.
“Get out. Now.”

Seraphe and Darius have been inseparable since the age of four. Adopted into a Canaanite royal family after a fire left him an orphan, Darius has grown up with all the privileges of a royal prince. Together, they find adventure in the streets of Megiddo, until the day real danger finds them in the form of the mysterious Sea People.

From that moment on Darius is obsessed with finding the Sea People, the cruel and bloodthirsty raiders of legend who attack from nowhere, and whose might will bring down civilisations. His quest will carry him far from home—from the back streets of Megiddo and the sun-drenched courts of Thebes, to the sacred rivers of India and the pirate-infested waters of the Mediterranean—driven by courage, curiosity, and a longing to find adventure.

Seraphe has always known that her destiny lies in marriage to a noble man, as a wife and mother. When her father tells her that she is to be married to a King, her joy soon turns to horror when her wedding night reveals the truth about the man who is to be her husband. But Seraphe has learned more than her enemies give her credit for in the court of her royal father. She knows better than anyone that knowledge is power, and in the wrong hands, its price is paid in blood.

Darius and Seraphe’s paths will lead them far from each other, as kingdoms fall and battles rage, in a story of two people bound by fate, destined to return to each other as they both discover who they truly are.