

But a sinister plot and a dark family secret stand in the way of their ultimate ambition - and threaten to change things forever. and from a nefarious plot that threatens the peace of the entire region. In New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peterss eagerly anticipated Amelia Peabody adventure, the Emerson clan is a hairsbreadth away from unearthing the legendary site theyve been searching for.

And it will fall to the ever-intrepid Amelia to protect her endangered family-and perhaps her nemesis as well-from a devastating truth hidden uncomfortably close to home. But the Emersons own less impressive excavations are interrupted when father and son Ramses are lured into a trap by a strange group of villains ominously demanding answers to a question neither man comprehends. Now Emerson, his archaeologist wife, Amelia Peabody, and their family must watch from the sidelines as Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter discover the greatest Egyptian treasure of all time. Book Synopsis Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emersons desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfires-and his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed.

About the Book Amelia Peabody and her family of archaeologists are back in this new mystery that finds Emerson and Ramses close to unearthing the legendary tomb of King Tutankhamon. Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe.
