The Senet Box: a short story

It’s the year 1283. Prince John of Cypress and Jerusalem, at eighteen years of age, is about to take the throne. But a mysterious senet box he found in an Egyptian treasure hoard had John’s full attention. It calls to him. Some say he is obsessed. But he must solve the mystery of the box, if only to know he is not insane.

“Among the standouts . . . Jill Williamson brings a fascinating era to life in her tale of a 13th-century crusader king obsessed with an Egyptian box

and the secret it contains.” – Kirkus Review of the Spirited anthology

The Senet Box was originally published by Leap Books in 2012 in the Spirited anthology.