After receiving an anonymous letter, New York lawyer Mark Wilder arrivesin Cairo to learn the shocking news that he is the illegitimate son ofHoward Carter, the famous British archaeologist who discoveredTutankhamun's tomb. Before he died in mysterious circumstances, Carterinformed Abbot Pacomas, the last descendant of the great priests of Amon,that only his lost son could continue his life's quest: to find the papyrushidden in Tutankhamun's burial place and reveal its contents to the world.No archive mentions this lost papyrus, archaeologists deny its veryexistence, mystical forces unleash themselves to protect it. It has becomea legend - just like the curse that claims all those who disturb thepharaoh's eternal slumber. The quest to uncover Tutankhamun's final secretis fraught with danger. And as he attempts to complete his father'smission, Mark finds himself facing new enemies Howard Carter could neverhave foreseen, including the CIA and the Egyptian police.