NILE GOD - Kindle Fiction

NILE GOD 
by Garth Meaney 

Also published in 3 parts, this is the complete edited edition

Kasmet’s new appointment in Karnak as Overseer of the Royal Tomb has been arranged by Isenti, the charismatic High Priestess. She placed him there to keep her informed. Disturbing rumours are making her anxious about the safety of the Pharaoh.
A secret kept by Isisti in the Temple of Isis is also raising the pressure. Determined to protect an ancient vow they use their mysterious powers to intervene and provoke action.
The High Priest sends his aide to meet a Sumerian merchant who is eager to help, but two undercover agents smell a rat. At the Labyrinth of the Lake a formidable mage is also making connections.
Love affairs, magic and secrets inexorably collide in a race against time.

At the Lake ……..
He walked round them both menacingly. “Show me this pass.”
Kephra pulled up his robe and produced a piece of parchment with script on it. Snatching it from him he looked at it upside down and then threw it onto the desert floor and sheathed his sword. Removing his dagger he held it threateningly in front of Kephra’s face. He grabbed his robe at the neck and sliced all the way down the front and ripped it open. “What are these?” He said pointing to the vials and pouches around his waist. Kephra was apparently fearless. “These are the materials of my magic.” His tormentor turned to his companion and said something in another language and laughed.
“So, magician, can you magic us some women?”
“I can. Out of the air. Maybe you would like some gold too?” This convinced him and Kephra now had his complete attention. Putting his dagger away he very seriously told his companion who nodded eagerly. Walking over to a flat area Kephra drew a circle in the sand and told them to sit on one side of it. “Sit next to me Tejar.” And they sat on the opposite side. He brought out a small hollow tube sealed with pointed stoppers at either end. Very carefully he made a spot in the center of the circle…..

On the Temple of Isis barge …..
They pushed off from the jetty and Isisti moved over to the couch beneath the canopy and watched the banks as all traces of Abydos gradually passed by. At last Kasmet had her to himself.

From his position by the guard rail he suddenly said. “We are lucky to live in the land of the Gods. The beauty of this world is a sight to behold. It is so …liberating to follow the flow of the Great River. All this beauty.” She looked at him with a look that picked him up and sat him down next to her. “You are beauty Isisti.”
“This is the magic of Hathor Kasmet. It’s divine. I have wondered about it all my life. Isis is pure bliss but this is so compelling ……… I like you liberating.”

In the palace ……
The beauty of the singing was exceptional in its pure expression of ecstasy. One of the young women could sing impossibly high and this gave the harmony a thrilling quality. When they finished, one of them sat at a lute and played.
There was a distant rumble and the building shook slightly. Standing, they all looked round alarmed. Majid broke the spell, “What was that?” Histerset ran into the room as he was saying it. “I’ll go and find out.” As he ran down the steps they looked out across the Nile from the parapet hearing people shouting. There was a great commotion from the steps below. Suddenly the Guard Commander rushed in and stopped dead when he saw the Pharaoh. He was panting. “What then? Come on out with it.”

The voyage to Memphis ……
Sere insisted on bringing out the lute again and he listened as the notes drifted upwards and swam away. The other two danced. Becoming ecstatic they moved slowly, bending and rearing and the starlight joined in with the moon.
The coverings on the sides of the tented pavilion on the barge were sheer. In the lamp light the entire scene was visible to the banks. Occasional onlookers bowed their heads as the river carried them on into the Garden.

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