London, early nineteenth century. The successful young lawyer Malcolm Ross becomes involved in the investigation of the attempted murder of a wealthy collector of Egyptian antiquities.
What begins as an intriguing detective mystery soon develops into something far darker and more dangerous: an attempt to bring back to life a queen who has been dead for four thousand years. The Jewel of Seven Stars is her talisman, and she is determined to reclaim it.
Throughout the countless centuries, a single dream sustained her soul as it waited patiently within its mummified body—the dream that one day, in a distant land, she might be resurrected and walk the earth once more, retaining all the knowledge and supernatural powers she possessed in her former life beneath the desert sun. She has already killed nine men who stood in the way of her plans—and as the great night draws near, she will not hesitate to kill again.
