Was Andas an android
- or the rightful Emperor held prisoner on a distant planet while an android impersonated him on the Empire&s throne world? Was Tallhasseee Mitford a modern archaeologist suffering from strange delusions or has an ancient Egyptian ankh somehow hurled her personality far back in the mists of time to a Nubian kingdom where she is now a warrior princess named Ashake caught up in a struggle between the gods of Egypt? Two very different heroes in the grip of forces beyond control beyond comprehension both destined to be the only hope of doomed civilisations