SummaryThe Great War has ended at last. No longer must
archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the
distinguished Egyptologist, fear for the life of their
daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime
obligations to British Intelligence. The advent of a
season of joy and peace marks a time of new beginnings in
Luxor, with delightful additions to the growing Emerson
family and fascinating wonders waiting to be discovered
beneath the shifting Egyptian sands.
But in the aftermath of conflict, evil still casts a cold
shadow over this violence-scarred land. The theft of
valuable antiquities from the home of a friend causes
great concern in the Emerson household. Ramses's strange
encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown
of a goddess only deepens the mystery. And the brutal
death of the suspected thief washes the unsettling affair
in blood.
Amelia's investigation sets her on a terrifying collision
course with an adversary more fiendish and formidable than
any she has ever encountered. And in her zeal to make
things right, the indomitable Amelia may be feeding the
flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the
fragile lives of the tender and the innocent. Additional InformationReturn once again with New York Times bestselling Grand
Master Elizabeth Peters to a remarkable land of mystery,
deception, and danger, where murderous intrigues swirl in
the desert wind. . . .
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