While exploring the ruins of a prehistoric temple out in the Sudanese desert, the queens Amanirenas and Cleopatra (left and right, respectively) discover a clutch of old “dragon eggs” which their ancestors believed represented the brood of Apep, the serpent of chaos in the Egyptian and Kushite religions. However, these two women have more to fear than the wrath of a mythical snake deity…
This is an illustration I did for The Brood of Apep, another short story I wrote starring these two historical queens of the Nile Valley. It’s a sequel to my earlier story Racing Into Trouble, taking place a couple of decades later, when both Cleopatra and Amanirenas have come of age and ascended to the thrones of their respective kingdoms.