GoodReads meta-data is 427 pages, rated 4.12 by 58 litizens.
Verdict: so so.
Caught up in the regime change from many gods to one with Pharaoh Akhenaten, diplomat Hani unravels the murder of an Egyptian vassal in the troubled borderlands with the Hittites who are not good neighbours. The plot is convoluted and characters are no sooner introduced than killed off. Much about the theology that has little resonance with a contemporary reader is reviewed. Ditto the geography which the author does not help the reader with and I seem to misplaced my map of ancient Egypt.
Does the vast conspiracy reach all the way to the top? If so, is it a conspiracy?
First in a series. Perhaps the latter titles are less overwrought.