"The Valley of the Kings" by Marmaduke William Pickthall is a charming tale of a young Christian Arab in Turkish Palestine. Readers can follow this charismatic character as he celebrates loves, mourns losses, and lives his life in the conflict-ridden Valley of the Kings. Rather an a high-stakes adventure, this story is a slow-burn study of what it's like to live in a culture most people will never know or experience.