Manhunt

Egypt; 528 BC. Kel; a young scribe recently hired by the prestigious Guild of Interpreter; arrives at work one morning to find the entire staff slaughtered. He flees in panic; taking with him the mysterious coded papyrus his colleagues had been deciphering. Thus he becomes prime suspect at the centre of an intrigue of State. For Egypt is at a turning point in her history. The throne has been usurped by Pharaoh Amasis; an idle drunkard interested only in forging an alliance with Greece; blind to the disturbing shadow of the Persians taking shape on the country's borders. The court is riven by intrigues and betrayals. Alone; pursued both by the conspirators who have framed him and the Egyptian police; Kel realizes that if he is to prove his innocence; he must uncover the secrets of the papyrus. But can he survive long enough to crack the code?