The Valley of Shadows
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Last published Tue, Aug 5, 2025
Desperate archaeologist Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb holds more than gold, it guards a primordial bio-weapon, "The Devourer," sealed by a clandestine Order. Framed for murder and pursued by a power-hungry conspiracy, Carter and rogue scientist Lady Evelyn Carnarvon must decode spores that act as a psychic map to rebury the entity, racing against a plague, ancient assassins, and the waking god that could end humanity.
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