Book Summary

The book focuses on the inauguration of the New Great Egyptian Museum, in which the death mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun is stolen.

The archeology professor Thomas Dee will begin his search throughout Egypt and some cities of the Muslim world, together with the South African journalist Anne Lein.

The plot suspects the black market of anti-grand theft, a Catholic Cardinal and several magnates as potential buyers.

In the search they visit Vatican City, Luxor, Abu Dhabi, Southeast Asia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Morocco, the Greek islands of Skorpio, Mykonos, Santorini and the Alhambra itself in Spain.