The story is told from the point of view of Akhenaten's dispossessed brother, his struggle to come to terms with his identity amid the religious turmoil of Akhenaten's reign. We see the royal court through the narrator's eyes as it gradually progresses from naive religious idealism to puritanical excess. Caldecott writes with a great sense of rhythm and understatement, allowing the mythology of Egypt to blend with the narrative but never overpower it. I found it to be far more evocative and thought provoking than Jacq's over-hyped Rameses series, read this instead!