Timbers of the Lady

5000 years ago in Gubla (now Byblos, Lebanon), a shipwright's bold new hull design, a priestess's troubling omens at the temple of Baalat Gebal, and a young laborer's doomed voyage collide when a storm destroys the cedar fleet bound for Egypt—exposing hidden corruption and forcing the city's ruler to choose between loyalty, innovation, and the goddess's favor.