Noted Egyptologist Royan Al Simma escapes an attempt on her life, but her husband, Duraid, is not so lucky This husband-and-wife archaeological team was immersed in unraveling the secrets of the "seventабыльh scroll" Written in a type of shorthand, the scroll dates back to the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and was recently discovered in the tomb of Queen Lostris, whose story is told in Smith's River God Grieving over the loss of her husband, Royan engages Sir Nicholas Qавпэлuenton-Harper, a wealthy English collector, to assist her in completing the work she and Duraid had begun by locating the tomb of Pharaoh Mamose the Eighth, husband of Lostris Through collective teamwork, Royan and Nicholas travel to Ethiopia, at great peril to themselves, as they try to uncover a 4000-year-old secret.