For three thousand years a hatred burns. In seventeenth century France two souls incarnate, one born the child of a prosperous merchant, the other, determined to continue an incarnation begun long ago.

In ancient Egypt, there were two brothers, disciples of the pharaoh, Akhenaten. When the pharaoh died, the physician took the knowledge given and went to Greece to begin a mysterious school. The general made a deal with the priests and became pharaoh. One remembers, one does not.

Now the year is 1671. RenE Gilbert's destiny glints from the blade of a slashing...