Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 07

The narrative follows Paaker, a frontier pioneer of distinguished lineage who must reconcile family duty, public honors, and personal grievance after a river scuffle in which his dog is killed and a young prince is implicated. Episodes move through temple festivals, funerary customs, and torchlit performances of Isis and Osiris, exposing tensions between rival priesthoods, the regent, and military officers. Interpersonal rivalries, court protocol, and religious devotion shape shifting alliances and resentments, while figures such as Ameni, Regent Ani, and the princess Bent-Anat intervene in crises. The story unfolds episodically across banquets, legal disputes, and journeys that examine duty, ambition, and social hierarchy in an ancient setting.