Kaï-ro

The world as we know it now has changed – reverted back to the feudalism and the vicious defence of territory and scavenged possessions. Cairo is no longer the city of sleeping gods and crumbling pyramids, but two very different communities – Kaï-ro and Dinium, divided by the Isis, defined respectively by power and subservience.

Nero, the ruler of Kaï-ro, is possessed by Setekh, God of Chaos, and his plans to rule the world through the power generated by three pyramids, constructed using slave labour from Dinium. The project seems unstoppable until it is challenged by Horus, brother of Setekh and the God of the Sky, through the body and mind of Stretch Wilson, a Dinium scavenger.

The story maintains tension and momentum throughout, though the plot is sometimes rather too neatly constructed for complete credibility. The battle scenes are both thrilling and moving and the characters convincingly drawn. Marks writes cinematically and this epic tale would transfer admirably to the screen.