u003cbu003eIn ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eA relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharaoh’ s aunt, then brought to the Temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family’s history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eWhile political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e Sweeping in scope and meticulous in detail, u003ciu003eThe Heretic Queenu003c/iu003e is a novel of passion and power, heartbreak and redemption.