Mummies, grave-robbing ghouls, hopping vampires, and evil monks beset a young archaeologist, in this fast-paced Indiana Jones-style adventure.
Saqqara, Egypt, 1888, and in the booby-trapped tomb of an ancient sorcerer, Rom, a young Egyptologist, makes the discovery of a lifetime: five coffins and an eerie, oversized sarcophagus. But the expedition seems cursed, for after unearthing the mummies, all but Rom die horribly. He faithfully returns to America with his disturbing cargo, continuing by train to Los Angeles, home of his reclusive sponsor. When the train is hijacked by murderous banditos in the Arizona desert, who steal the mummies and flee over the border, Rom - with his benefactor's rebellious daughter, an orphaned Chinese busboy, and a cold-blooded gunslinger - must ride into Mexico to bring the malevolent mummies back. If only mummies were their biggest problem...
File Under: Fantasy
- ISBN10 0857667610
- ISBN13 9780857667618
- Publish Date 1 May 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Angry Robot
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 320
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780857667618