For five years Theo and his brother were told bedtime stories about their father's hometown near the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. He loved hearing the stories but felt they were not completely true because of the research and report he did on King Tutankhamun in fourth grade. The history he learned was that King Tutankhamun and his sister/wife Ankhesenamun had children who died at birth. When Theo's father tells the family, they will be going on a week-long trip to his father's homeland, Theo hopes to gain more insight into the boy King. Theo gets more than he expected. When Theo and his family arrived in Luxor, Egypt to what they expected was a tour guide greeting from his uncle Aaron; they are taken to the tomb of King Tutankhamun, shown a secret annex that had never been made public, and a golden box which held the 18th dynasty secret of Firesky and Raven. Before his uncle shares the story, he tells Theo that he is the key to the secret truth about King Tutankhamun and his heir. Theo, terrified by the thought of what might become of him, asks his uncle Aaron to tell him everything. Uncle Aaron tells the family the story of Firesky, the boy who would save the future of Egypt, his band of friends who help him along the way, the community who supports him, the boy king few know the truth about, and the girl Raven, and the future of the Dynasty.