
The God-king Narmer was a Pharaoh who united upper and lower Egypt over 5,000 years ago. Thought to be the successor to the Pharaoh’s Scorpion and Ka, he became the first leader of unified Egypt. Along with his wife, Neithhotep, the two ruled Egypt and quickly became legends. However, it is not what they did during their life that drives the plot of Lincoln Child’s latest novel, THE THIRD GATE. Rather, it is what they left behind them after their death that is the true stuff of legend. Specifically, their buried tomb is rumored to contain a prize that has been sought for countless centuries.
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