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Max Overton
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The Pyramid Builders
by Max Overton
The third dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt saw an extraordinary development of building techniques, from the simple structures of mud brick at the end of the second dynasty to the towering pyramids of the fourth dynasty. Just how these massive structures were built has long been a matter of conjecture, but history is made up of the lives and actions of individuals; kings and architects, scribes and priests, soldiers and artisans, even common labourers, and so the story of the Pyramid Builders unfolded over the course of more than a century. This is that story…
Sekhemkhet
Khaba
The Amarnan Kings
by Max Overton
Scarab -Akhenaten
Scarab-Smenkhkare
Scarab-Tutankhamen
Scarab-Ay
Scarab-Horemheb
Scarab-Descendant
Scarab -Akhenaten
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Scarab-Smenkhkare
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Scarab-Tutankhamen
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Scarab-Ay
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Scarab-Horemheb
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Scarab-Descendant
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Hyksos
by Max Overton
Avaris
Conquest
Two Cities
Possessor of All
War in the South
Between the Wars
The power of the kings of the Middle Kingdom have been failing for some time, having lost control of the Nile Delta to a series of Canaanite kings who ruled from the northern city of Avaris.
Into this mix came the Kings of Amurri, Lebanon and Syria bent on subduing the whole of Egypt. These kings were known as the Hyksos, and they dealt a devastating blow to the peoples of the Nile Delta and Valley.
Avaris
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Conquest
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$4.99 USD.
Two Cities
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Possessor of All
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$4.99 USD.
War in the South
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$4.99 USD.
Between the Wars
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$4.99 USD.
The Heirs
Taweret
Seti
Tausret
Ascension
by Max Overton
Ascension, A Novel of Nazi Germany
Maelstrom, A Novel of Nazi Germany
Dämmerung, A Novel of Nazi Germany
Ascension, A Novel of Nazi Germany
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$3.99 USD.
Maelstrom, A Novel of Nazi Germany
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$3.99 USD.
Dämmerung, A Novel of Nazi Germany
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$3.99 USD.
Books
Khaba
by Max Overton
Series: The Pyramid Builders, Book 3.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 134,390.
Language:
English.
Published: April 25, 2023 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The third dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt saw an extraordinary development of building techniques, from the simple structures of mud brick at the end of the second dynasty to the towering pyramids of the fourth dynasty. Just how these massive structures were built has long been a matter of conjecture, but history is made up of the lives and actions of individuals; kings and architects...
Haunted Trail A Tale of Wickedness & Moral Turpitude
by Max Overton
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 91,900.
Language:
English.
Published: March 17, 2023 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Western
Ned Abernathy is a hot-tempered young cowboy in the small town of Hammond's Bluff in 1876. In a drunken argument with his best friend Billy over a girl, he guns him down. Ned flees and wanders the plains, forests and hills of the Dakota Territories, certain that every man's hand is against him. Horse rustlers, marauding Indians, killers, gold prospectors and French trappers cross his path and...
Adventures of a Small Game Hunter in Jamaica
by Max Overton
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 90,510.
Language:
English.
Published: January 14, 2023 by
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir
An eleven-year-old boy is plucked from boarding school in England and transported to the tropical paradise of Jamaica where he's free to study his one great love--butterflies. He discovers that Jamaica has a wealth of these wonderful insects and sets about making a collection of as many as he can find. Along the way, he has adventures with other creatures, from hummingbirds to vultures, from...
Sekhemkhet
by Max Overton
Series: The Pyramid Builders, Book 2.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 134,040.
Language:
English.
Published: January 14, 2023 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Sekhemkhet faces the daunting prospect of following on from the glories of his father's achievement. He desires an even bigger pyramid than that of Djoser and orders Imhotep and Den to build it. However, the king finds it easier to build a tomb than to raise heirs to follow him on the throne, and a cousin seeks to take advantage of Sekhemkhet's precarious position and challenge the king. Not...
Scarab-Tutankhamen
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 3.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 182,810.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Scarab and her brother Smenkhkare are in exile in Nubia but are gathering an army to wrest control of Egypt from the boy king Tutankhamen and his controlling uncle, Ay. Meanwhile, the kingdoms are beset by internal troubles while the Amorites are pressing hard against the northern borders. Generals Horemheb and Paramessu must fight a war on two fronts while deciding where their loyalties lie...
Conquest
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 2.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 133,800.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The Hyksos invade the Delta using the new weapons of bronze and chariots, things of which the Egyptians have no knowledge. They rout the Delta forces, and in the south, the unconquered kings ready their armies to defend their lands. Meanwhile in Avaris, Merybaal, the son of Harrubaal and Kemi, strives to defend his family in a city conquered by the Hyksos. Elements of the Delta army that refuse...
Scarab-Horemheb
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 5.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 168,310.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
General Horemheb has taken control after the death of Ay and Nakhtmin. Forcing Scarab to marry him, he ascends the throne of Egypt. The Two Kingdoms settle into an uneasy peace as Horemheb proceeds to stamp out all traces of the former kings. He also persecutes the Khabiru tribesmen who were reluctant to help him seize power. Scarab escapes into the desert, where she is content to wait until...
War in the South
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 5.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 158,320.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Intrigue and rebellion rule in Egypt's southern kingdom as the house of King Nebiryraw tears itself apart. King succeeds king, but none of them look capable of defending the south, let alone reclaiming the north. Taking advantage of this, King Khayan of the Hyksos launches his assault on Waset, but rebellions in the north delay his victory. The fall of Waset brings about a change of leadership...
The Heirs
by Max Overton
Series: Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 2.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 141,610.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Tiye, the first wife of Ramesses III, has grown so used to being the mother of the Heir she can no longer bear to see that prized title pass to the son of a rival wife. Her eldest sons have died and the one left wants to step down and devote his life to the priesthood. Then the son of the king's sister/wife, also named Ramesses, will become Crown Prince and all Tiye's ambitions will lie in...
Merenptah
by Max Overton
Series: Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 1.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 143,320.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Egypt was at the height of its powers in the days of Ramesses the Great, a young king who confidently predicted his House would last for a Thousand Years. Sixty years later, he was still on the throne. One by one, his heirs had died and the survivors had become old men. When Ramesses at last died, he left a stagnant kingdom and his throne to an old man--Merenptah. What followed laid the...
Between the Wars
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 6.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 142,600.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Rahotep leads his Egyptian army to victory, and Apophis withdraws the Hyksos army northward. An uneasy peace settles over the Nile valley. Rebellions in the north keep the Hyksos king from striking back at Rahotep, while internal strife between the Hyksos nobility and generals threatens to rip their empire apart. War is coming to Egypt once more, and the successors of Rahotep start preparing...
Maelstrom, A Novel of Nazi Germany
by Max Overton
Series: Ascension, Book 2.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 161,870.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire...
Scarab-Descendant
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 6.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 169,230.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The story of Princess Beketaten, otherwise known as Scarab, comes to an end. Her story started in the royal court of her father, Pharaoh Amenhotep of Egypt, moved throughout the ancient land of Kemet, into Nubia, the Sinai and Canaan, where she left her life story written on the walls of chambers carved out of solid rock in modern-day Syria. Now her story will move again to Egypt, to her tomb...
Seti
by Max Overton
Series: Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 2.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 142,020.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
After only nine years on the throne, Merenptah is dead and his son Seti is king in his place. He rules from the northern city of Men-nefer, while his elder brother Messuwy, convinced the throne is his by right, plots rebellion in the south. The kingdoms are tipped into bloody civil war, with brother fighting against brother for the throne of a united Egypt. On one side is Messuwy, now crowned...
Scarab -Akhenaten
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 1.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 171,620.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Set in Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E. and piecing together a mosaic of the reigns of the five Amarnan kings, threaded through by the memories of princess Beketaten-Scarab, a tapestry unfolds of the royal figures lost in the mists of antiquity. A chance discovery in Syria reveals answers to the mystery of the ancient Egyptian sun-king, the heretic Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti...
Scarab-Smenkhkare
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 2.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 182,810.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
King Akhenaten, distraught at the rebellion and exile of his beloved wife Nefertiti, withdraws from public life, content to leave the affairs of Egypt in the hands of his younger half-brother Smenkhkare. When Smenkhkare disappears on a hunting expedition, his sister Beketaten, known as Scarab, is forced to flee for her life. Finding refuge among her mother's people, the Khabiru, Scarab has...
Scarab-Ay
by Max Overton
Series: The Amarnan Kings, Book 4.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 176,730.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Tutankhamen is dead and his grieving widow tries to rule alone, but her grandfather Ay has not destroyed the former kings just so he can be pushed aside. Presenting the Queen and General Horemheb with a fait accompli, the old Vizier assumes the throne of Egypt and rules with a hand of hardened bronze. His adopted son, Nakhtmin, will rule after him and stamp out the last remnants of loyalty to...
A Cry of Shadows
by Max Overton
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 132,040.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Australian Professor Ian Delaney is single-minded in his determination to prove his theory that one can discover the moment that the life force leaves the body. After succumbing to the temptation to kill a girl under scientifically controlled conditions, he takes an offer of work in St Louis, hoping to leave the undiscovered crime behind him. In America, Wayne Richardson seeks revenge by...
Kadesh
by Max Overton
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 99,070.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Holding the key to strategic military advantage, Kadesh is a jewel city that distant lands covet. Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of Hatti believe they're chosen by the gods to claim ascendancy to Kadesh. When the two meet in the largest chariot battle ever fought, not just the fate of empires will be decided but also the lives of citizens helplessly caught up in the greedy ambition of...
Avaris
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 1.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 135,340.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The power of the kings of the Middle Kingdom have been failing for some time, having lost control of the Nile Delta to a series of Canaanite kings who ruled from the northern city of Avaris. Into this mix came the Kings of Amurri, Lebanon and Syria bent on subduing the whole of Egypt. These kings were known as the Hyksos, and they dealt a devastating blow to the peoples of the Nile Delta and...
Taweret
by Max Overton
Series: Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 3.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 152,520.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The reign of Ramesses III is failing and even the gods seem to be turning their eyes away from Egypt. When the sun hides its face, crops suffer, throwing the country into famine. Tomb workers go on strike. To avert further disaster, Crown Prince Ramesses acts on his father's behalf. The rivalry between Ramesses III's wives--commoner Tiye and sister/wife Queen Tyti--also comes to a head. Tiye...
Ascension, A Novel of Nazi Germany
by Max Overton
Series: Ascension, Book 1.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 164,220.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire...
Tausret
by Max Overton
Series: Fall of the House of Ramesses, Book 3.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 137,320.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The House of Ramesses falters as Tausret relinquishes the throne upon the death of her husband, King Seti. Amenmesse's young son Siptah will become king until her infant son is old enough to rule. Tausret, as Regent, and the king's uncle, Chancellor Bay, hold tight to the reins of power and vie for complete control of the kingdoms. Assassination changes the balance of power, and, seeing his...
Possessor of All
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 4.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 162,090.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
The Hyksos, themselves beset by intrigue and division, push down into southern Egypt. The short-lived kingdom of Abdju collapses, leaving Nebiryraw the undisputed king of the south ruling from the city of Waset. An uneasy truce between north and south enables both sides to strengthen their positions. Khayan seizes power over the Hyksos kingdom and turns his gaze toward Waset, determined to...
Two Cities
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 3.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 138,690.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The Hyksos drive south into the Nile Valley, sweeping all resistance aside. Bebi and Sobekhotep, grandsons of Harrubaal, assume command of the loyal Egyptian army and strive to stem the flood of Hyksos conquest. But even the cities of the south are divided against themselves. Abdju, an old capital city of Egypt reasserts itself, putting forward a line of kings of its own, and soon the city is...
Sons of Tao
by Max Overton
Series: Hyksos, Book 7.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 152,220.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
War breaks out between the Hyksos invaders and native Egyptians determined to rid themselves of their presence. King Seqenenre Tao launches an attack on King Apophis but the Hyksos strike back savagely. It is only when his sons Kamose and Ahmose carry the war to the Hyksos that the Egyptians really start to hope they can succeed. Kamose battles fiercely, but only when his younger brother Ahmose...
The King
by Max Overton
Series: Strong is the Ma'at of Re, Book 1.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 141,230.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
In Ancient Egypt, C1200 BCE, bitter contention and resentment, secret coups and assassination attempts may decide the fate of those who would become legends...by any means necessary. That he is descended from Ramesses the Great fills Ramesses III with obscene pride. Elevated to the throne following a coup led by his father Setnakhte during the troubled days of Queen Tausret, Ramesses III sets...
Djoser
by Max Overton
Series: The Pyramid Builders, Book 1.
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 139,120.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
The third dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt saw an extraordinary development of building techniques, from the simple structures of mud brick at the end of the second dynasty to the towering pyramids of the fourth dynasty. Just how these massive structures were built has long been a matter of conjecture, but history is made up of the lives and actions of individuals; kings and architects...
Dämmerung, A Novel of Nazi Germany
by Max Overton
Series: Ascension, Book 3.
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 162,740.
Language:
English.
Published: December 7, 2022 by
Writers Exchange E-Publishing.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party, Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people, the Jews, out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps, the corruption, the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire...
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