The Sisters — Volume 2
The story unfolds in the lavish palace of Alexandria, where Cleopatra navigates the treacherous currents of power, family loyalty, and her own ambitions. Her brother Euergetes poses a constant threat, and Roman political forces circle like vultures. Yet beyond the throne room's glittering intrigue, two sisters serving as priestesses in the Serapeum of Memphis become unlikely threads in a tapestry of ancient drama. Through fragmentary petitions preserved in the Royal Archives, their voices emerge from centuries of silence, revealing how their sacred devotion became entangled in the queen's desperate struggle for power. Georg Ebers, drawing on his expertise as an Egyptologist, weaves scholarly depth with narrative urgency, resurrecting forgotten voices from the margins of history. This is historical fiction that treats ancient Egypt not as exotic backdrop but as a living world of complex human ambition.
