ERICA BARRON HAS A FASCINATION WITH EGYPT. SHE IS A SCHOLAR OF EGYPTOLOGY. ONCE SHE LEAVES ALL HER WORK ASIDE AND GOES TO EGYPT. SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IS IN STORE FOR HER. AFTER REACHING THERE, SHE DISCOVERS A VALUABLE TREASURE. THAT TREASURE IS FAR MORE VALUABLE THAN THE GLITTERING TREASURE IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS. A TREASURE THAT HAS REMAINED UNKNOWN FOR HUNDREDS OF CENTURIES CARRIES A TERRIBLE CURSE. NO ONE KNOWS THAT PHARAOH`S EXTRAORDINARY TREASURE EXISTS. ERICA BARRON, AN EGYPTOLOGIST, FOLLOWS THE LEAD, AND A THRILLING CHASE AND A SERIES OF GRUESOME MURDERS BEGINS. THE MYSTERY, GREED AND SATANIC TENDENCIES OF THE PHARAOH KEEP THE READER HOOKED TILL THE END. ROBIN COOK PORTRAYS THE ANCIENT STRUGGLE FOR ANCIENT TREASURE IN HIS USUAL FANTASTIC STYLE. THIS IS A THRILLING AND EXCITING NOVEL.