In this episode of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful speaks with bestselling author and editor Janyre Tromp about the historical mysteries, political tensions, and mythic undercurrents behind The Scorpion Thief and Burning the Raven Tree. From King Tut’s U.S. tour and Cold War maneuvering to haunted Michigan woods and questions of justice, this conversation invites listeners into the places where history grows stranger, darker, and more revealing through story.

Together, they explore how a surprising piece of research about the King Tut exhibition sparked The Scorpion Thief, why family conflict became the emotional engine of that novel, and how myths such as Horus and Set—or the tree-of-life traditions that echo across cultures—can deepen historical suspense. Tromp also shares how m ...