Part of Amelia Peabody, book 14
First published 2002
Amelia Peabody and her family return to their Luxor home in 1917 to find Egypt transformed by the Great War. A royal tomb has been looted, and the corpse of a thief lies brutally murdered at the burial site. But these crimes pale beside the danger facing Ramses. British military intelligence summons him to Gaza, the heavily fortified seaport where Turkish and German forces block the path to the Holy Land. The mission carries personal stakes that make refusal impossible, yet discovery means certain death. As Ramses prepares for his perilous journey to the ancient city, his wife Nefret conceals her own dangerous secret. The war has brought violence to the archaeological world the Peabody family knows, forcing them to navigate between ancient mysteries and modern warfare.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, archaeology
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Luxor, Gaza, Holy Land
Period: 1917
688 pages · Paperback · William Morrow Large Print