The Deceased

AN ANCIENT LEGEND

Imhotep, High Priest of Osiris, lusted after an Egyptian beauty whom no man but the Pharaoh was meant to touch. Punished for his blasphemy, Imhotep was mummified and buried alive-cursed throughout all eternity.

A DARING AND ROMANTIC ADVENTURER

Wang Yibo, dashing Chinese American and legionnaire, is in Egypt looking for a good time. His discovery of the lost City of the Dead is a fluke-but to British librarian Xiao Zhan it's the archaeological find of the century.

The city contains all the treasures of Egypt and possibly the secrets of life and death. Leading Xiao Zhan odyssey deep into the Sahara isn't exactly easy money, though, as Wang Yibo must dodge death traps, escape the jaws of man-eating beetles, and even duel a hook-handed mercenary. And just when he's caught his breath, a long-ago evil returns from the grave-with a taste for human flesh.