The Scorching Sun of Egypt: Sunset is the last part of the trilogy about the Amarna period. Akhenaten just died and leaves behind a divided country. Some want to continue what Akhenaten had started while others want Egypt to return to the old ways. But while Egypt is in turmoil the threat of the Hittites continues to grow on its borders. The Scorching Sun of Egypt: Sunset is written from the perspective of six characters who either try to serve their country, enrich themselves or simply to survive: Ipi, a former priest of Amun Meryra, the High Priest of the Aten Horemheb, the commander of the Egyptian army Penthu, a former priest of Amun and Akhenaten's Royal Physician Paneb, a tomb robber Ankhesenamun, Pharaoh Tutankhamun's wife