A priceless relic has been delivered to the Emerson home
overlooking the Nile. But more than history surrounds this
golden likeness of a forgotten king, for it is said early
death will befall anyone who possesses it.
The woman who implores the renowned family of archaeologists
and adventurers to accept the cursed statue insists the
ill-gotten treasure has already killed her husband. Further,
she warns, unless it is returned to the tomb from which it
was stolen, more will surely die. With the world finally at
peace -- and with Egypt's ancient mysteries opened to them
once more -- Amelia Peabody and her loved ones are plunged
into a storm of secrets, treachery, and murder by a widow's
strange story and even stranger request. Each step toward
the truth reveals a new peril, suggesting this curse is no
mere superstition. And the next victim of the small golden
king could be any member of the close-knit clan -- perhaps
even Amelia herself.
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