When Sir William Devlin and his assistant Tom open the tomb of Akhenaten they uncover something that has been hidden for three thousand years. That something is so terrifying that it changes the lives of both. When Sir William’s nephew Alec tries to unravelling the mysteries of the tomb he must face long dead mummies rising from their tombs, see off the haunting demands of the High Priests and, above all, face the terror that has been so dangerously released.
Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Uncle Will and his young assistant, have made an amazing discovery - an ancient tomb. But only hours after opening its doors, Uncle Will falls ill and Tom seems to have disappeared. Together with Ethan Wade, and Madeleine Duval, Alec sets about unravelling the tomb's mysteries.
Philip Caveney was born in North Wales in 1951 and now lives in Edinburgh.
His first novel, The Sins of Rachel Ellis was published in 1977 and he produced a series of adult thrillers over the following decades. His first novel for younger readers, Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools was released in 2007 and was published all around the world. Since then, he has concentrated on writing exclusively for younger readers.
He also writes under the pseudonym Danny Weston. Danny's debut novel The Piper won the Scottish Children’s Book Award in 2016 and in 2018, The Haunting of Jessop Rise was shortlisted for the Scottish Teenage Book prize and nominated for a Carnegie Medal.
