An exciting thriller teeming with adventure and suspense about two
sisters caught in a deadly international game.
It's been four years since Lydia Harris last spoke to her elder sister,
Adele. When Adele telephones from Rome and interrupts Lydia's work as a
nurse at the Santa Monica Emergency Hospital, she's more than a little
surprised--and curious. Adele explains that she sent a parcel to Lydia,
and after Lydia receives it, she must come to Rome at once. Disturbed by
her sister's cryptic message, Lydia is further puzzled when the parcel
arrives containing a beautiful Egyptian gaming piece in the form of a
jackal. When Lydia's apartment is suddenly burglarized, she's astonished
that the only thing stolen is the wrapping paper in which the jackal was
mailed. Deeply concerned about her sister's fate, Lydia determines to
track her down, flying first to Rome and then to Cairo. But the deeper
she becomes involved in her search, the further she leaves behind the
comfortable world of her hospital and the undeclared love of a handsome
doctor. Drawn into a lethal battle of wits, Lydia confronts murder,
mysterious strangers, and death threats. But in a final confrontation in
the Valley of the Kings, Lydia just might face her worst nightmare.
