Nick Drake’s Nefertiti: Book of the Dead is just one of many historical novel set in Ancient Egypt. Depicting the Amarna period in which king Akhenaten not only moved the capital of Egypt to his newly created city of Amarna, but also deemed all gods were inferior to Aten, the sun god, and set Egypt towards monotheism. The book follows Rahoter, a “seeker of mysteries,” (an ancient detective) called from Thebes to the new capital to solve a mystery he knows nothing of until he meets Akhenaten himself. He learns that the beloved and powerful Queen Nefertiti has disappeared, just fifteen days before the new capital’s inaugural festival when all important kings, ambassadors, governors, and tribal leaders will be in the city to observe the all powerful
