Nezar Alderazi

Magic has been banished in the land of Syhl Shallow for as long as best friends Jax and Callyn can remember. They once loved the stories of the powerful magesmiths and mythical scravers who could conjure fire or control ice, but now they've learned that magic only leads to danger: magic is what killed Callyn's parents, leaving her alone to raise her younger sister. Magic never helped Jax, whose leg was crushed in an accident that his father has been...

Invited to Pharaoh's newest city, Renni, Mahu and Balaal are hoping for some peace after the defeat of Paser. However, Renni silently worries about the three of them going down different paths: Renni to his painting, Mahu to his apprenticeship under a ship captain and Balaal to the home she longs for. But, among the shimmering stones and lavish palaces of Per Ramessu, shadowed figures are plotting something. Will Renni, Mahu and Balaal solve the cryptic...

Renni and Mahu are brothers, but they are complete opposites. When Mahu hatches a plot to rob the tomb of a long-dead general in the Valley of the Kings, Renni is swept into the crime to help his family. But taking the general's heart scarab sets a much greater chain of events into motion, which are governed by dark and mysterious powers. Will the brothers and their friend Balaal manage to return it before Anubis, the god of death, comes to collect...