Ramses the Great never died. He merely regenerates - an empire spanning half the Earth, built across a hundred lifetimes and fathered through generations of hidden bloodlines.
But even gods grow old.
As his body begins to fail, Ramses must find an heir worthy of carrying his essence forward - one child, chosen from thousands, to become him.
In America, a young man named Pierce has no idea what he is. He is about to find out.
He is Chosen.
But before Pierce can claim an empire three thousand years in the making, he must first survive The Great Madness - a trial that has broken every heir before him.
Some are chosen to rule. Few are chosen to survive.