Following in the footsteps of an imagined ancestor, one of the daughters of the house of Akhenaten in the Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt, Sherry Shenoda forges an imagined path through her ancestor's mummification and journey to the afterlife.
Exploring themes of existence and humanity, the story follows a nameless Lightkeeper who traverses time to care for lighthouses. Initially tasked with a routine burial, her journey evolves into an extraordinary adventure filled with danger and introspection. As she confronts loneliness and despair, she discovers profound truths about love and mortality, ultimately revealing the essence of being human in the face of inevitable death.