The Lighthouse of Alexandria
Alexandria, 48 BCE: as Caesar's ships close the harbor and Cleopatra fights to hold her throne, a papyrus restorer and a lighthouse engineer discover that someone is stripping the city's greatest library of its most dangerous knowledge. Thais believes truth never survives power; Nikanor believes his craft only ever serves whoever wins the war. Forced together by a warehouse fire and a missing crate of scrolls, they trade sharp words over ink and water rations, climb the Pharos by moonlight, and fall into a forbidden, secret love neither can afford. But when Nikanor is ordered to turn the lighthouse's great mirrors against the very scrolls Thais has sworn to protect, trust shatters just as the harbor itself catches fire. What they choose to save—and who they choose to become—will decide whether Alexandria's light survives the empires fighting over it. A slow-burn historical romance of forbidden love, dangerous scholarship, and a light that outlasts kings. Free sample available.
About the story
Alexandria, 48 BCE: as Caesar's ships close the harbor and Cleopatra fights to hold her throne, a papyrus restorer and a lighthouse engineer discover that someone is stripping the city's greatest library of its most dangerous knowledge. Thais believes truth never survives power; Nikanor believes his craft only ever serves whoever wins the war. Forced together by a warehouse fire and a missing crate of scrolls, they trade sharp words over ink and water rations, climb the Pharos by moonlight, and fall into a forbidden, secret love neither can afford. But when Nikanor is ordered to turn the lighthouse's great mirrors against the very scrolls Thais has sworn to protect, trust shatters just as the harbor itself catches fire. What they choose to save—and who they choose to become—will decide whether Alexandria's light survives the empires fighting over it. A slow-burn historical romance of forbidden love, dangerous scholarship, and a light that outlasts kings.
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By Honey Books. Listed listening length: 139 minutes. Category: Historical Romance. Story dynamics: Forbidden / Taboo Love, Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Secret Relationship.
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