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For over 50 years Egypt has known only war at the hands of the Hyksos. Times are desperate, a resistance fights on under Taita, a slave who has risen beyond his ranks. Piay has grown up with Taita as his master, but is entitled and reckless. Taita sets him a task to prove his worth, and so Piay embarks on a dangerous mission to the lands in the north.