Book description
Egypt 1923.
Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the
Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his
summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's
not the first time he's spent his summer this way . . . but this year
things are different.
Uncle Will and his young assistant, Tom Hinton, have recently made
an amazing discovery - an ancient tomb hidden deep below the earth.
But only hours after opening its doors, Uncle Will falls mysteriously
ill and Tom seems to have disappeared without trace.
Together with Ethan Wade, the young American soldier of fortune who
is managing the dig in Uncle Will's absence, and a pretty French woman
called Madeleine Duval, Alec sets about unravelling the tomb's
mysteries. Seemingly harmless animals have turned into rabid killers .
. . long dead mummies are rising from their tombs . . . the spirit of
a powerful High Priest is claiming the bodies of the living as his
living hosts . . . Together Alec and Ethan must confront a terror that
has waited three thousand years to be reborn.
Philip Caveney was born in 1951 in Prestatyn, North Wales. His
father was in the R. A.F, so during his childhood his family moved to
a new military base every couple of years.
He has had several adult thrillers published in the past, but has
now turned his hand successfully to children's books. His Sebastian
Darke series has sold in 10 languages and was shortlisted for the
Waterstones Prize. He lives in Manchester with his wife and 14 year
old daughter.
