The Stone That Remembers

In the workshops of ancient Thebes, a master craftsman believes he has recovered a secret lost for a thousand years: that the great pyramids were not cut from stone but cast from it, block by block, like bread from a mould. He is right. And that is what destroys him.The Stone That Remembers follows Khnummose and his apprentice Bak across the reign of three pharaohs — through discovery, sabotage, exile, and the long patient work of keeping a dangerous idea alive. A novel about craft, knowledge, and what happens when the wrong people learn you have found something they would prefer to remain lost. Read more