The Gift of Sun: Hamet's Awakening

by Lee Ann Ward

Raised by thieves in the streets of ancient Egypt, seventeen-year-old Hamet has successfully made a respectable life and name for himself in the palace of Pharaoh Seti I, who rescued the young man from the clutches of vicious Libyans during a time of war. Hamet daily performs the duty of wash boy, bathing and grooming the aging Seti. He lives in the servants' quarters with Keati, his beloved wife, and under the control of Throut, the Pharaoh's gruff vizier and highest governing official. When Keati is brutally murdered, Hamet never expects the swift, but necessary alliance that forms between himself and Ramses, the Pharaoh's visionary son and co-ruler of Egypt. Together this unlikely pair must race against time to unravel the evil deeds of Throut and save their civilization from the tyrants determined to destroy it.

170 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Lee Ann Ward is a USA Today bestselling author of bewitching romance. She is an American author of 11 books and the founder of Writing Away Refuge, a writers' retreat in Heber City, Utah.

Her YA romance, GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS, is an Amazon and international bestseller and her paranormal young adult novel, SEE, was the TBR Pile's Book of the Year in 2017.

www.leeannward.com

www.writingawayrefuge.com

Reviews

[Lee Ward · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book, and enjoyed the challenge thoroughly. I researched ancient Egypt for three years before typing the first word of the rough draft for this story. Egypt has always been a passion of mine, and Hamet's story is a poignant, endearing, fast-paced adventure that takes you to the pharaoh's palace, servant quarters, street markets and fiery battlefields. This book is part of the AR reading program in Mobile County Alabama middle schools. When this book was in manuscript form, it won first place in the General Fiction category at the Writer's Weekend conference in Seattle, WA, and it also won "Best in Show". I hope you enjoy it. Cheers!