
JOSUA
ENSIMÄINEN LUKU.
In a moonless night over a forgotten desert city, an aged priest and his youthful apprentice stand beneath a temple’s starlit tower, listening to a low, mournful howl that seems to rise from the very depths of the underworld. The old man’s eyes, sharpened by years of celestial study, scan the shifting clouds while his grandson gestures wildly at a looming darkness that swallows the horizon. Their conversation trembles between duty and dread, as they try to decipher whether the ominous movement in the sky signals a divine warning or a monstrous incursion.
The atmosphere is thick with ancient myth: whispers of the serpent Apep, the feared guardian of the nether realm, echo through the stone corridors, and the two priests feel the weight of countless souls trapped between worlds. As the night deepens, the pair must decide whether to confront the growing threat or retreat into the safety of ritual, setting the stage for a struggle that reaches far beyond the sands of their forebears.
Language
fi
Duration
~10 hours (611K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
Release date
2020-02-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1837–1898
An Egyptologist with a storyteller’s touch, he turned years of research into vivid historical novels set in the ancient world. He is also remembered for acquiring the Ebers Papyrus, one of the best-known medical texts from ancient Egypt.
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