Hatshepsut

Her name opened the door.
What she finds may change everything.

Named for a forgotten queen and raised among the ruins of Egypt, Hattie Collins lived in the quiet orbit of her father, Teddy, a man with a past he never spoke of. When he dies, Hattie buries her grief in academia, becoming an archaeologist like the ones her father once worked for. But without him, her sense of self begins to fracture.

When a failed engagement drives her across the Atlantic, Hattie takes refuge in the Arizona desert, cataloging artifacts for a private museum. But her arrival stirs echoes she doesn’t understand. Strangers come seeking her, drawn by her name, and with them comes a revelation: her father was a missing person who vanished nearly thirty years earlier on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Now, with the past shifting beneath her feet, Hattie begins a journey through memory, myth, and the landscapes her father once loved. As she pieces together the man he was, one final truth waits in silence. When it surfaces, it will change everything, but will it be enough to give her the peace she’s been searching for?
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