Hieroglyph is a new series that has been picked up by the FOX network and it looks Geeky KOOL. This series is a my mystery and intrigue series set in ancient Egypt. The world is very different that it is now. Egypt is dominated by Pharaohs, gods, magic, and even thieves.
When The Book of Thresholds is stolen, Pharaoh Shai Kanakht pulls the thief, Ambrose, out of a dark prison to help find this powerful book. The thief could be anyone. This is a very dangerous world and Ambrose will have to proceed lightly with wisdom if he wants to survive.
Ambrose must answer to Pharaoh SHAI KANAKHT (Reece Ritchie, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”), a god in the flesh, a young ruler with a cool charm and a violent, frightening temper. The question for Ambrose is not whether he can trust his new boss, but whether he can trust anyone. Also stalking the halls of the palace is NEFERTARI KANAKHT (Condola Rashad, “Smash,” “Steel Magnolias”), half-sister to the Pharaoh, whose relationship with Shai’s closest advisor, MAGISTER BEK, masks her own designs for power.
Finding few leads in the palace, Ambrose’s investigation takes him to the doorstep of his long lost love, PESHET (Caroline Ford, “Lake Placid: The Final Chapter”), a magic-wielding adoratrice, a type of homespun priestess who uses her femininity as a portal to the gods…for the right price. Peshet was the keystone in his merry band of thieves, an impressionable youth with great knowledge of magic, a woman who never saw a lock for which she didn’t have an unlocking charm. Five years later, Peshet has left her old life behind in a pious pursuit of divine contact.
Ambrose’s journey leads him to old friends, such as VOCIFER (John Rhys-Davies, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark”), a peddler of mystical wares and Ambrose’s mentor. But he also comes face-to-face with foes both old and new, from DJET, a brutish thug-turned-crime boss of the city; to RAWSER (Antony Bunsee, “EastEnders,” “Sex and the City 2”), the Pharoah’s captain of the guard, who imprisoned him five years ago; to LOTUS TENRY (Kelsey Chow, “One Tree Hill”), a palace concubine and spy for a rival kingdom. (Fox.com)
This series looks really promising. I can’t wait to delve into this ancient Egyptian world. It promises to have an interesting twist on Egyptian mythology. The last series that effectively touched Egyptian mythology and they were all alien symbionts.
Before I get too excited for this upcoming series, it is on the FOX network who is notorious for putting out great Sci Fi series and then canceling them before they get a good following. They famously killed Firefly after 10 episodes that they showed out of order. But they have interfered and then canceled a ton of good sci fi shows too early over the years like Space: Above and Beyond, Dark Angel, Brisco County Jr, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and many more.
I hope for two things. I hope this series is fantastic. I can see where if it is written well, this series could be a huge draw for geeks and non-geeks alike. I also hope that Fox lets the series pull in a following and doesn’t kill it prematurely. But that last one may be too much to hope for.
Stay Geeky My Friends!
