Wonders of fate - Easy for youth

The events of the novel revolve around the powerful Pharaoh who rules Egypt, and he wants to know from the priest who will inherit his throne after him from his sons, the princes, but the priest tells him something he does not expect and had not thought of at all, that the one who will rule after him is not from his descendants, but is the son of a priestess born to her a short time ago. This news hits the Pharaoh like a thunderbolt, so he rushes to the temple to find out the truth about this newborn. In the temple, the priestess's wife gives birth to her son in complete secrecy so that her and her husband's affair, the priest who knows that his son will rule Egypt later, does not get exposed. It happens that the lady's maid also was born on the same day as her mistress. The Pharaoh arrives at the temple and asks the priest to kill the infant in front of his eyes to secure the throne for his sons after him. The priest is confused and finds no choice but to bring the maid's baby to kill it in front of the Pharaoh, then kill himself as punishment for the deed he committed against the infant... Author: Naguib Mahfouz Pages: 126 Dar Al-Shorouk Publishing and Distribution