I had to do a lot of research, in libraries because that was before the Internet, e-mail attachments, and editing track changes, of those ancient times but then the book fell easily into place. A ghost craving vengeance and justice over something - foul murders - that had occurred millennia ago who wouldn't/couldn't rest until the truth was revealed finally to the world. So I thought: what if a modern day woman, Faye, was haunted all her life by the long dead ghost of one of those daughters until she agreed to travel to Egypt and uncover the truth? A truth that was really just my theory to what could have happened to Nefertiti and her daughters, not necessarily what did happen. I'd read somewhere that no one ever knew what had really happened, in the end, to Queen Nefertiti and her four remaining daughters after Akhenaton set them aside and eventually died - or was he murdered? Two of the greatest mysteries of ancient times. I've always loved ancient Egyptian stories since I'd been a kid so I had this idea to write about the time of Nefertiti and Akhenaton. In 1992 I'd already had two novels published by Zebra paperbacks, following three I'd sold myself to Leisure Books between 1984-1989, and my agent at the time (who I no longer have) wanted me to write two more novels for Zebra so she could lock in a double book contract. Night Owl Reviews' Top Pick' Review: /nor/Reviews/Hitherandthee-reviews-The-Calling-by-Kathryn-Meyer-Griffith.aspx Or why I love stories of ghosts and ancient Egypt so much

The Calling by Kathryn Meyer Griffith