Aneksi, known as Neferkempi to her beloved, is the most recent addition to the Pharaoh's harem. Inexperienced in politics and life in court, Aneksi finds herself in the midst of a web of deceit and blood at the hands of the Pharaoh's other wives and those she holds dear. The race to become Queen has begun. _____________ As the only daughter of the High-Priest Kairunamete, Aneksi's life has been planned since the day she was born. Her religious beliefs, loyalties, and her inevitable marriage to the Pharaoh are all carefully planned and executed according to her father's whim. But the day Aneksi does decide to put her foot down, her world drastically takes a turn for the better and for worse. Aneksi must now navigate the perils of the royal court while grasping to maintain the joys that come with it. But not everyone is as they seem and the wrath of the gods threaten to up-heave the life she has planned for herself and the future of those she loves. Can the sixth bride of the Pharaoh truly become the Queen of the Blacklands?