Journey to the Egyptian Netherworld with a young girl named Merit, a wicked priest, and a winged cat. Face the challenges of the Goddess with Minoan prince Akros and his sister Illyra. Fight for freedom in ancient Babylon with slave boy Enki and his ally, the demon of storms. Step into three glorious ancient worlds, where magic amulets are gifts of the gods, where angry Priestesses set impossible tasks, and where compassion can help set people free. Master storyteller Deborah Nourse Lattimore brings to wondrous life all the adventure and magic of three tales of the distant past.