A lost journal of Amelia Peabody continues to be miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one from the ‘missing years’ — 1907-1908 — shedding light on an already exceptional career…and an unexpected terror.

Ousted from their latest archaeological drill down and prohibited forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a calm summer at home in Kent, England, when a mysterious messenger happens. Claiming to become the teenage brother of their dear friend Tarek, he brings troubling news of the about Guardian from the Horizon strange malady which has struck down Tarek’s heir and conveys his brother’s urgent need for help just the Emersons can provide.

The family cause in secret for the hill fortress from which they narrowly escaped ten years before. The Emersons are unaware that deception and treachery are leading them onward into a nest of vipers — where a dreadful fate may await. For young Ramses, forced to keep his growing love for the beautiful Nefret secret, temptation on the way may prove his greatest undoing. And a dark past and grim obligation offers ensnared Nefret once more, as she actually is helpless to save lots of those she loves most from your prison of the Lost Oasis.

Rich with suspense, surprises, unforgettable characters, and the intoxicating atmosphere which has received her the coveted title of Grand Get good at two times over, the amazing Elizabeth Peters proves once more that, in the world of historical adventure fiction, she is truly without peer.