Night of the Pharaoh's Fall

The hour drew near, and the people were silent, a silence like that of the dead. Awe and fear permeated everything, and hope lay only in Moses and his Lord. The ticking of time, which had stood still, signaled the beginning. The magicians, at a signal from the Great Akhmem, demanded that the bright lights be extinguished, for darkness, in conjunction with falsehood, brings destruction. Meanwhile, ...