Heta's Book

This collection of short stories follows the young sorceress Heta's early life with her parents through her start dancing in Hatshepsut's court. To protect her friends and lovers, Heta must combat the ghost of a courtier she murdered, put an end to the resurrected Pharaoh Thutmose II, and work with a supernatural being who draws blood by unusual means for her nourishment. Each new challenge allows Heta to further develop her necromantic skills to raise or destroy the dead by turns. Under her influence, severed hands come to life as lovers and protectors; dead hyenas serve to dispose of enemies down to every part of their seven souls; and a disembodied part of the male anatomy becomes the ideal vehicle for revenge and retribution. The prequel to The Revenge of the Rat's Hand and Breasts in Darkness, My Back to the Light, this collection is set in an alternate history of Ancient Egypt. Due to erotic content, this book is intended for mature audiences only.