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New York Times bestselling publisher Elizabeth Peters brings back favorite Egyptologist and amateur sleuth Amelia Peabody in an exciting tale establish amid the historical temples and simmering spiritual tensions of Palestine on the eve of World Battle I. . . .
August 1910. Banned from the Valley of the Kings by the Antiquities Service, Amelia Peabody and her partner, Emerson, are relaxing at home in Kent, enjoying the peaceful beauty of warmer summer months. But excitement soon beckons when they are persuaded to follow would-be archaeologist Major George Morley by using an expedition to Palestine, a province of the crumbling, corrupt Ottoman Empire and the Holy Land of three religions. Searching for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Morley is set to unearth the legendary Ark of the Covenant. The skeptical Emerson would like no area of the system until a request from the Battle Office and Buckingham Palace persuades him to reconsider. The Germans are increasing their impact in Palestine and English cleverness insists that Morley is an agent of the Kaiser, sent to stir up trouble in this politically volatile land. Emerson can't think that the apparently inept Morley is a German spy, but could he be mistaken? Established to prevent a catastrophically unprofessional excavation that could destroy invaluable historical finds as well as cause an armed protest by infuriated Christians, Jews, and Muslims who view the Temple Mount, also known as the Dome of the Rock, as sacred, Amelia, Emerson, and company head to Palestine. Though it is not to her favorite Egypt, the visit to Jerusalem will also reunite her with her good looking and headstrong son, Ramses, working on a dig at Samaria, north of the holy city. Before Ramses can meet his parents, however, he is distracted by a unique party of travelers who've arrived in Samaria, including a German female archaeologist and a inexplicable man of anonymous nationality and former. Sadly, Ramses's insatiable attention and his knack for trouble lead him to a startling breakthrough: information he must spread to his parents in Jerusalem—if he is able to get there alive. Once again the Peabody-Emerson clan must use all their skills and wiles to find the fact, prevent a bloody holy warfare, and save their son from the clutches of your nefarious enemy in this wonderfully interesting story chock-full of thrills, enigma, and daring from the inimitable Elizabeth Peters.
