Nfr IWN: The City of the Sun

The City of the Sun is a fictional thriller about ancient Egypt, secret societies and the extraordinary story of a woman who doesn't fit in. Mariam is a Southern Egyptian educated in American, a Christian married to a Muslim, and a woman photojournalist living in a man's world. After being forsaken by her Christian family, surviving the mysterious death of her husband and being bullied to give up her children to his Muslim family, Mariam lives alone in Cairo and throws herself into her work. In the course of her job, she shoots some provocative and unauthorized photos and suddenly her journalist partner turns up dead in her apartment and her own life is threatened. With her husband's cousin as an ally, Mariam finds herself on the run from an unknown pursuer. Marion has long believed that her estranged father is responsible for her husband's death and is convinced that he is involved in this crime. She learns that reality is not what it seems and reluctantly is thrown into a dangerous journey into secret societies and the place where modern religion and ancient Egypt collide.131p.[No copies found in Worldcat]