Salvation in the Sun by Lauren Lee Merewether is a historical fiction novel set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti and the first book in the Lost Pharaoh Chronicles. This focuses on the relationship between Akhenaten and Nefertiti and how they change the religion of Egypt.

Salvation in the Sun is primarily told in flashback starting during the early reign of Akhenaten when he was known as Amenhotep, where the Pharaoh and his advisors are trying to take back the power of the priesthood of Amun by changing the main god of worship to the Aten. As time goes on it becomes more and more apparent that Amenhotep now Akhenaten truly believes that that only god is the Aten and none of the other gods matter.

This change to the religion leads to major political conflicts and I feel like this is a way these events of history could have happened. I have done a decent amount of nonfiction reading on this time period and it is obvious that Lauren Lee Merewether has done her research. While there are somethings that are probably not historically accurate given that we don’t know how these players would have thought or acted this doesn’t feel completely fictionalized.

I would recommend this to fans of historical fiction and those with an interest in Ancient Egypt.