The Taur-Duat Empire is a gift from the Great River, blessed by the radiance of the Solar Boat, a precious gem set in the sands of the Kaemit desert. There are no equals in the world to the wise priests and mighty warriors of the Remei people, the legendary masters who once erected their cities and pyramids of Planar Sanctuaries among the sands. Only the descendants of the fairies can compare with the Remei, but their patrimony is the distant enchanted thickets of the north, the hunting grounds of completely different Gods, entrusted to the care of the high-born clans. Thirty years have passed since the end of the brutal war between the two great powers of the continent. The capital of the Empire is shocked by the news of the death of the crown prince Hefer, and again the heavy tread of the Father of War is heard on the borders of Taur-Duat. Emperor Sekenef must choose a new heir. The young warlike prince Renef, seeking to avenge the death of his brother, and the wise princess Aniret beyond her years - which of the Lord’s children remaining on the Coast of the Living is capable of accepting the unbearable burden of power from his weakening hands?