"The year is 1915, and despite desperate warnings from friends and family, Amelia Peabody and her handsome archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, risk life, limb and Amelia's second-best hat to embark on another season of exploration. But German submarines and warring Senussi aren't all Amelia and Emerson have to worry about. A fresh -- but not fresh enough -- body has turned up in the tomb they are excavating. A lost but not forgotten enemy has returned. The omens are ominous. And as the long, hot Cairo days give way to nights, danger stalks Amelia and her family, reaching out from the shadows as it never has before ..."

Hardcover with jacket, first edition. Excellent condition.