/lit/ - Literature

I'd like to read a book that has Egyptian gods, magic, spells, traps, swords, shields, armor -- all of that. Any books that would fit this bill? Essentially, it'd be like a "Yu-Gi-Oh!"-esque book, really, but for older audiences, not kids, and without the cards.

Has anyone read City of Brass? My friends tells me it's really good.