Cleo

After her mother's death, the young Cleopatra - the Pharaoh's illegitimate daughter - flees the royal palace at Alexandria to escape her half-sisters' threats to kill her. She finds sanctuary at the sacred temple of Isis, where years later she becomes embroiled in a secret cult. When she comes of age, Cleo must prove her loyalty to Isis by returning to Alexandria and finding a certain precious scroll - on pain of death. But will she be able to evade her horrible sisters? And will she find Seb, the boy she met as she fled Alexandria years before? Cleo's destiny is about to unfold...Gorgeous and evocative, this captivating new novel imagines the life of the young Cleopatra before she became the icon we think we know.