A Place of Darkness: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt (Lieutenant Bak)
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ISBN: 038081286X / Publisher: Avon., October 2001
Sent into exile, disgraced pokice officer Lieutenant Bak stops at the capital to investigate the theft of priceless relics plundered from ancient tombs, only to sent to the partially built memorial temple of Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, where a series of fatal accidents and rumors of a malevolent spirit are undermining the construction. Original.
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Some transgressions may never be forgiven -- as Lieutenant Bak remains out of favor with the powers of Kemet. While in transit from his exile in Buhen to a new posting, the disgraced policeman stops at the capital in hopes of investigating a troubling case of relics plundered from ancient tombs and smuggled through the southern frontier. Instead, he is sent to the partially built memorial temple of the divine Queen Maatkare Hatshepsut, where a series of fatal accidents and whispers of a malign spirit are plaguing the construction effort. Can the thefts and these deaths somehow be connected? The clues are leading the ever-loyal investigator to a magnificent tomb. But this realm of the dead threatens to become Bak's own place of burial when he must confront the source of the spectral malevolence.
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