num_pages: 224
description: As the warlord Memnon gains control of the Middle East, he seeks to fulfill prophecy by becoming the Scorpion King, but Mathayus, an Akkadian assassin, has plans to stop him with the help of Memnon's own sorceress, Cassandra.
language: English
title: The Scorpion King
titlecomplete: The Scorpion King (The Mummy, #0.5)
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Egypt, Ancient, Fiction
ratings_count: 104
series: The Mummy
publisher: Berkley Boulevard Books