The Stone of Light

Author: Christian Jacq

Genre:Historic Fiction

Ardent was freed from capture, and he was told to leave the Palace of Truth. across the river in a small village he meet's an intresting character called Silent. Silent's decendants are from the Palace of Truth and he is bound to return once he finds a sign telling him too. Silent is a hardworker but is unstatisfied with his lif, he finds it dull. Then one day his boss offers him a promotion, which he gently refuses, but during this day he meets Ubekhet his bosses daughter. Silent soon falls in love and decide's not to drown himself, but also to stay in the village marry her and start his live over. Silent's collegues are jealous from the promotion option and try to kill Silent, but Ardent the big and muscular man is walking by and saves Silent. The two soon become friends and decide to join the Palace of Truth together.

I find this book very intresting because of the apirations of the characters, they both want to become artists which wasn't common in the Egyptian Era, most people worked as farmers or had proffesions such as claymaking. I also find this book intresting because of the traits and descriptions the author provided, they are very thourogh. One of the character is hardworking but silent and has a dull life, while the other has a perfect description for a farmer that would be succesful, but he has a different imagination and wants to do something differebt with his life, not the ordinary. So far I give this book a 9/10 because the plot and setting is well developed and the characters have a great personality that makes the book intresting.