Thousands of years ago at the base of the Oweinat Mountains, the warrior Queen Byrgamon and Prince Kedare came together in a time of diplomacy. But their peace was to be short-lived. Crazed with a lust for power, Kedare's rival for the Queen's affection, Bahk-ir, was not to be thwarted. Beneath the howl of the wind and a swirl of desert sand, Bahk-ir set a curse in motion that no one could have foreseen. And so it all began ... LIKE A PHOENIX FROM ASH AND FLAMES THEIRS IS A LOVE REBORN The return of an old love. Two men from the past. Deceit. At her desk in California, archeologist Phoenix Donovan scoffs at the mysterious warnings given to her by a psychic during a tarot card reading. But when she receives an envelope marked with the Feather of Maat and a visit from Egyptian national, Asa Ducaine, Phoenix accepts the job of a lifetime near Egypt at a pristine site dating back to 8,000 B.C.E.-and the words of the psychic begin to ring true. After ten days in a coma, Max Parrish awakens with memories of a past life and a woman he has to find at all cost. Driven beyond reason to the sands of northern Africa, he comes face to face with a love he couldn't have imagined, along with a dark and deadly magic that could destroy more than just their lives.