A 2,300-year-old secret. A king lost to time. A race to save history before it's erased forever.
641 CE. As the mighty Rashidun army marches on Alexandria, a desperate brotherhood launches a perilous mission: to save the most sacred relic of the ancient world—the body of Alexander the Great. Hidden deep beneath the city, his tomb is no longer safe. If it falls into the wrong hands, so too will the secret it guards.
From the burning sands of Egypt to the storm-lashed shores of the Red Sea, four guardians risk everything to protect what remains of a crumbling empire. Malik, a silent scholar with a burden too great to share. Baruch, a Jewish trader caught between duty and survival. Amon-Sa, a desert scout whose path vanishes into legend. And Nas'r, the last librarian of Alexandria, who holds the fate of the written world in his ink-stained hands.
Thirteen centuries later, buried beneath a forgotten Roman villa, three modern archaeologists uncover the trail left behind. But some secrets refuse to stay hidden... and some kings are never meant to be found.
Blood has covered the path. Sand has buried it. Secrecy has preserved it.
The lions are waiting.