A fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time…a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. 

          When her husband is brutally murdered, beautiful half English, half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. With eminent archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper, she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life and find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For Duraid. For the long-dead slave Taita. And for the dreams of an ancient Pharoah… Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own.