Book#215, International Collection, Themes: Timeslip / Reincarnation / The Historian Who Becomes History, Keywords: Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Reincarnation, Gender Swap, Queen Lysandra, Oxford Professor, Timeslip, Tragic Romance, Historical Fiction, Metaphysical
He spent his life studying the dead. Then he became one of them. Professor Paul Grant is a man made of grey. At fifty-five, he is an invisible academic at Oxford, cataloging his failures alongside his artifacts. But a sudden expedition to the West Bank of the Nile offers him a chance to escape his hollow life. In a hidden tomb, Paul uncovers the sarcophagus of a forgotten queen, Lysandra—a woman erased from history. Drawn by a mysterious phosphorescent light, Paul drinks from an ancient urn and wakes up three thousand years in the past. He is no longer Paul. He is Lysandra. Trapped in the body of a young princess, Paul must navigate the treacherous currents of the Pharaoh’s court. He experiences the visceral power of female royalty, the devastating heartbreak of a forbidden love with the scribe Khyan, and the brutal reality of a dynastic marriage. From the banks of the Nile to the silence of the tomb, Paul lives Lysandra’s entire tragic life—her rise, her fall, and her final, defiant act of vengeance. But when he wakes up in the 21st century, he realizes the magic hasn’t just shown him the past; it has rewritten his soul. (A breathtaking, lyrical novel about the cages we build, the lives we mourn, and the history that lives inside us.)
[CONTENT WARNING] Contains themes of: Sexual Violence (Non-consensual consummation of marriage depicted as historical reality), Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss (induced by poisoning), Suicide (Death by asp), Execution (Beheading), and Grief.
Heat Level (1-5) 3 (Sensual / Emotional) The story contains mature themes. The romance with Khyan is deeply emotional and steamy. The scenes in the harem with handmaidens are sensual. However, the tone is literary and tragic, focusing on the “memory” of touch rather than erotica.