Nick Drake (Author) Books in Order

Nick Drake's first poetry collection follows people shaped by exile, political upheaval, love, and mortality. Portraits of displaced Europeans and intimate encounters explore private histories, moving between the aftermath of revolution and the difficult experience of approaching death.

When Queen Nefertiti vanishes amid religious upheaval in ancient Egypt, detective Rahotep receives a secret assignment from Akhenaten. He has ten days to find her, with his own life and his family's survival dependent on success.

These poems explore departures, separation, and discovery, from journeys and lost homes to endings within relationships. A central sequence follows Nick Drake's father's dying and death, examining the grief, humor, fear, and revelations surrounding a final departure.

A series of mutilated bodies unsettles Egypt as the young Tutankhamun struggles with court conspiracies. Summoned to investigate a threat inside the palace, detective Rahotep enters a dangerous contest for power that could also destroy his family.

Chief detective Rahotep undertakes a secret mission across hostile empires and unstable states to protect Egypt's ruling dynasty. In the trilogy's final investigation, political ambition and divided loyalties place both the kingdom's future and his responsibilities under pressure.

Inspired by a voyage around Svalbard, this poetry collection explores the Arctic through explorers, scientists, whalers, and imagined voices of the landscape. Its encounters with ice and wildlife consider a threatened ecosystem and the consequences of climate change.

Delayed in Chester while traveling to Dublin, Handel begins rehearsals for the work that will become Messiah. This play follows his struggle toward its premiere, confronting difficult collaborators, uncertain singers, and the practical obstacles behind a celebrated musical achievement.

Nick Drake's poems connect everyday objects, overlooked city lives, distant history, and space exploration. Moving from plastic bottles to Voyager, the collection considers environmental damage and the mysteries beyond ordinary perception in a world undergoing rapid change.