Blessings of Maat

Pharaoh Thutmose II is dead.

His only male heir is a child of two and cannot yet rule.

Iset, the young boy's mother, is terrified that both she, but more importantly he, will soon fall victim to the ambitious political scheming of one who wants the crown of the Two Lands for themselves.

Longlisted for The Shortys 2024

With no power of her own, and a palace full of enemies, Iset has every right to be worried.

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This short story, at only 6 chapters long, is a quick read stepped in authentic historical detail, and tells the story of a mother's love in the face of a danger that could tear her world - and the two kingdoms - apart.