by Max Overton
Samut
Commander of the Amun Legion under Amenmesse
Sea Peoples
a loose amalgamation of sea-faring tribes from around the Mediterranean. Included the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Philistines. Other tribes include the Ekwesh, Denyen, teresh, Peleset, Shekelesh and Sherden.
Seb-Ur
an instrument used in the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth
Sekhmet
warrior goddess and goddess of healing
Senet
a popular game involving a board and pieces
Sepat
a nome, or administrative district
Serket
goddess of healing venomous stings and bites
Set
Seth, god of desert, storms, disorder and violence, Lord of the Red Land (desert)
Setat
a unit of area, 10,000 square cubits or 0.276 hectares
Setau
Viceroy of Kush before Messuwy
Sethi
(1) ninth son of Ramesses II
(2) son of Horire, military adviser to Messuwy, later General under Menmire Amenmesse
Seti
(1) Seti I, father of Ramesses II
(2) son of Merenptah, later Seti II
Set-ma'at
the Place of Truth; the workmen's village near the Valley of the Kings
Setnakhte
a younger son of Ramesses II by one of his concubines, commander of the Amun legion, and later General of the South
Setuy
King's scribe, fan-bearer on the king's right hand, deputy Viceroy under Khaemter; later King's Son of Kush
Shenu
the rope-like protective surround of the Royal Name; the cartouche
Sheut
the shadow self
Shu
god of the air
Sin
Land of Sin; Sinai Peninsula
Siptah
son of Messuwy by Suterere (also called Ramesses-Siptah)
Sobek
a god associated with the Nile crocodile
Sopdu
god of the sky and eastern borders
Stela
(plural: stelae) a stone commemorative slab, often with an inscription
Suterere
sister of Bay, wife of Messuwy, mother of Siptah
Ta-Bitjet
a scorpion goddess
Takhat
(1) daughter of Ramesses II, wife of Merenptah, mother of Amenmesse and Takhat (2) daughter of Merenptah by Takhat (1), wife of Seti II
Ta Mehu
Lower Egypt (in the north)
Taremu
Leontopolis, city in Ta Mehu, modern day Tell al Muqdam
Tarkahe
Governor of Abu
Tarqa
an officer of the Amun Legion
Ta-sekhet-ma'at
The Great Field, Valley of the Kings
Ta-senet
a city south of Waset, modern day Esna
Ta Shemau
Upper Egypt (in the south)
Tausret
daughter of Sethi (1), adopted daughter of Merenptah, wife of Seti (1)
Tawaret
goddess of childbirth and fertility
Ta-ynt-netert
Dendera, a city north of Waset, near modern day Qena
Ti-ament
sister of Ament
Timna
a valley north of Eilah in the east of the Land of Sin; a site of ancient copper mining
Tiy-merenese
wife of Setnakhte
Tjaty
Vizier, the highest official to serve the king
Tjenu
Thinis, a city north of Waset, possibly near modern day Girga
Ur Hekau
an instrument used in the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth
Userkheperure
throne name of Seti II
Usermaatre
throne name of Ramesses II
Usertem
Captain of the Men-nefer Medjay
Ushabti
(plural: ushabtiu) a funerary figurine placed within a tomb that is intended to act as a servant for the deceased in the afterlife
Wadjet
goddess, patron and protector of Ta Mehu, protector of kings and women in childbirth
Waset
capital city of Ta Shemau, Amun's holy city, Thebes
Wawat
province of Northern Kush
Wenefer
Governor of Iunu
Zawty
a city north of Waset, modern day Asyut
Zeben
husband of Ti-ament
Zephan
local tribesman at Timna
About the Author
Max Overton has travelled extensively and lived in many places around the world--including Malaysia, India, Germany, England, Jamaica, New Zealand, USA and Australia. Trained in the biological sciences in New Zealand and Australia, he has worked within the scientific field for many years, but now concentrates on writing. While predominantly a writer of historical fiction (Scarab: Books 1 - 6 of the Amarnan Kings; the Scythian Trilogy; the Demon Series; Ascension), he also writes in other genres (A Cry of Shadows, the Glass Trilogy, Haunted Trail, Sequestered) and draws on true life (Adventures of a Small Game Hunter in Jamaica, We Came From Königsberg). Max also maintains an interest in butterflies, photography, the paranormal and other aspects of Fortean Studies.
Most of his other published books are available at Writers Exchange Ebooks, http://www.writers-exchange.com/Max-Overton.html and all his books may be viewed on his website: http://www.maxovertonauthor.com/
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A Cry of Shadows
{Paranormal Murder Mystery}
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 killing his ex-girlfriend, believing it will give him the upper hand, a means to seize control following their breakup. Wayne quickly discovers that he enjoys killing and begins to seek out young women who resemble his dead ex-girlfriend.
Ian and Wayne meet and, when Ian recognizes the symptoms of violent delusion, he employs Wayne to help him further his research. Despite the police closing in, the two killers manage to evade identification time and time again as the death toll rises in their wake.
The detective in charge of the case, John Barnes, is frantic, willing to try anything to catch his killer. With time running out, he searches desperately for answers before another body is found...or the culprit slips into the woodwork for good.
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Adventures of a Small Game Hunter in Jamaica
{Biography}
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 iguanas to black widow spiders. Through it all runs the promise of the legendary Homerus swallowtail, Jamaica's national butterfly.
Other activities intrude, like s
chool, boxing and swimming lessons, but he manages to inveigle his parents into taking him to strange and sometimes dangerous places, all in the name of butterfly collecting. He meets scientists and Rastafarians, teachers, small boys and the ordinary people living on the tropical isle, and even discovers butterflies that shouldn't exist in Jamaica.
Author Max Overton was that young boy. He counted himself fortunate to have lived in Jamaica in an age very different from the present one. Max still has some of the butterflies he collected half a century or more ago, and each one releases a flood of memories whenever he opens the box and gazes at their tattered and fading wings. These memories have become stories--stories of the Adventures of a Small Game Hunter in Jamaica.
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Ascension Series
{Historical: Holocaust}
Book 1: Ascension
Being a Jew in Germany can be a dangerous thing...
Fear prompts Konrad Wengler to put his faith aside and try desperately to forget his heritage. After fighting in the Great War, he's wounded and turns instead to law enforcement in his tiny Bavarian hometown. There, he falls under the spell of the fledgling Nazi Party. He joins the Party in patriotic fervour and becomes a Lieutenant of Police and Schutzstaffel (SS).
In the course of his duties as policeman, Konrad offends a powerful Nazi official who starts an SS investigation. War breaks out. When he joins the Police Battalions, he's sent to Poland and witnesses there firsthand the atrocities being committed upon his fellow Jews.
Unknown to Konrad, the SS investigators have discovered his origins and follow him into Poland. Arrested and sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Konrad is forced to face what it means to be a Jew and fight for survival. Will his friends on the outside, his wife and lawyer, be enough to counter the might of the Nazi machine?
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Book 2: Maelstrom
Never underestimate the enemy...
Konrad Wengler survived his brush with the death camps of Nazi Germany. Now, reinstated as a police officer in his Bavarian hometown despite being a Jew, he throws himself back into his work, seeking to uncover evidence that will remove a corrupt Nazi party official.
The Gestapo have their own agenda and, despite orders from above to eliminate this troublesome Jewish policeman, they hide Konrad in the Totenkopf (Death's Head) Division of the Waffen-SS. In a fight to survive in the snowy wastes of Russia while the tide of war turns against Germany, Konrad experiences tank battles, ghetto clearances, partisans, and death camps (this time as a guard), as well as the fierce battles where his Division is badly outnumbered and on the defence.
Through it all, Konrad strives to live by his conscience and resist taking part in the atrocities happening all around him. He still thinks of himself as a policeman, but his desire to bring the corrupt Nazi official to justice seems far removed from his present reality. If he is to find the necessary evidence against his enemy, he must first survive...
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Fall of the House of Ramesses Series
{Historical: Ancient Egypt}
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 groundwork for a nation ripped apart by civil war.
Book 1: Merenptah
The House of Ramesses is in the hands of an old man. King Merenptah wants to leave the kingdom to his younger son, Seti, but northern tribes in Egypt rebel and join forces with the Sea Peoples, invading from the north. In the south, the king's eldest son Messuwy is angered at being passed over in favour of the younger son...and plots to rid himself of his father and brother.
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Book 2: Seti
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 as King Amenmesse and his ruthless General Sethi; on the other, young King Seti and his wife Tausret. But other men are weighing up the chances of wresting the throne from both brothers and becoming king in their place. Under the onslaught of conflict, the House of Ramesses begins to crumble...
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Book 3: Tausret
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 chance, Chancellor Bay attempts a coup...
Tausret's troubles mount as she also faces a challenge from Setnakhte, an aging son of the Great Ramesses who believes Seti was the last legitimate king. If Setnakhte gets his way, he will destroy the House of Ramesses and set up his own dynasty of kings.
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Glass Trilogy
{Paranormal Thriller}
Delve deep into the mysteries of Aboriginal mythology, present day UFO activity and pure science that surround the continent of Australia, from its barren deserts to the depths of its rainforest and even deeper into its mysterious mountains. Along the way, love, greed, murder, and mystery abound while the secrets of mankind and the ultimate answer to 'what happens now?' just might be answered.
GLASS HOUSE, Book 1: The mysteries of Australia may just hold the answers mankind has been searching for millennium to find. When Doctor James Hay, a university scientist who studies the paranormal mysteries in Australia, finds an obelisk of carved volcanic rock on sacred Aboriginal land in northern Queensland, he realizes it may hold the answers he's been seeking. A respected elder of the Aboriginal people instructs James to take up the gauntlet and follow his heart. Along with his old friend and award-winning writer Spencer, Samantha Louis, her cameraman, and two of James' Aboriginal students, James embarks on a life-changing quest for the truth.
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A GLASS DARKLY, Book 2: A dead volcano called Glass Mountain in Northern California seems harmless...but is it really?
Andromeda Jones, a physicist, knows her missing sister Samantha is somehow tied up with the new job Andromeda herself has been offered to work with a team
in constructing Vox Dei, a machine that's been ostensibly built to eliminate wars. But what is its true nature, and who's pulling the strings?
When the experiment spins out of control, dark powers are unleashed and the danger to mankind unfolds relentlessly. Strange, evil shadows are using the Vox Dei and Andromeda's sister Samantha to get through to our world, knowing the time is near when Earth's final destiny will be decided.
Federal forces are aware of something amiss, so, to rescue her sibling, Andromeda agrees to go on a dangerous mission and soon finds herself entangled in a web of professional jealousy, political betrayal, and flat-out greed.
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LOOKING GLASS, Book 3: Samantha and James Hay have been advised that their missing daughter Gaia have been located in ancient Australia. Dr. Xanatuo, an alien scientist who, along with a lost tribe of Neanderthals and other beings working to help mankind, has discovered a way to send them back in time to be reunited with Gaia. Ernie, the old Aboriginal tracker and leader of the Neanderthals, along with friends Ratana and Nathan and characters from the first two books of the trilogy, will accompany them. This team of intrepid adventurers have another mission for the journey, along with aiding the Hayes' quest, which is paramount to changing a terrible wrong which exists in the present time.