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The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son, Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshur is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo. The brazen moonlight abduction of Ramses??and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death??have alerted Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis, the Master Criminal, notorious looter of the living and the dead. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the evil genius this time around. For now the most valuable and elusive prize of all is nearly in his grasp: the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice... Amelia Peabody… (más)
La temporada 1895-6 promete ser excepcional para Amelia, Emerson y su precoz hijo de ocho años, Ramsés. Finalmente, la muy codiciada cámara de enterramiento de la Pirámide Negra en Dashoor es de ellos para excavarla. Pero hay un gran mal en el viento que irrita las arenas calientes que barre a través de las bulliciosas calles y el mercado de El Cairo. Sin embargo la suerte cambia cuando Ramsés es secuestrado a la luz de la luna. Toda la excavación se complica por la desgracia y la muerte, y Amelia presiente que su némesis, el Maestro del Crimen, notorio saqueador de los vivos y los muertos, es el culpable. Pero ahora no es la riqueza ilícita lo que motiva al genio malvado. Ahora el premio más valioso y evasivo está a su alcance: la arqueóloga metomentodo que ha jurado entregarlo a la justicia, esta vez no estará satisfecho hasta que la haya capturado.
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Lord of fear, great of fame,
In the hearts of all the lands.
Great of awe, rich in glory,
As is Set upon his mountain...
Like a wild lion in a valley of goats.
Dedicatoria
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To Dr. Ann King
A.K.A. My friend Penny
with love and respect
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"My dear Peabody," said Emerson, "pray correct me if I am mistaken; but I sense a diminution of that restless ardor for living that is so noted a characteristic of yours, particularly upon occasions such as this. Since that happy day that saw us united, never a cloud has dimmed the orb of matrimonial bliss; and that remarkable circumstance derives, I am certain, from the perfect communion that marks our union. Confide, I implore, in the fortunate man whose designated role is to support and shelter you, and whose greatest happiness is to share your own."
Citas
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"My dear Emerson," I said, "I think I can safely promise that."
The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son, Ramses. The much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid in Dahshur is theirs for the digging. But there is a great evil in the wind that roils the hot sands sweeping through the bustling streets and marketplaces of Cairo. The brazen moonlight abduction of Ramses??and an expedition subsequently cursed by misfortune and death??have alerted Amelia to the likely presence of her arch nemesis, the Master Criminal, notorious looter of the living and the dead. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the evil genius this time around. For now the most valuable and elusive prize of all is nearly in his grasp: the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice... Amelia Peabody
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