num_pages: 592
description: A mutilated corpse washes up on the banks of the Nile, an antiques dealer is murdered, and an eminent British archaeologist is found dead at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. At first, the incidents appear unconnected. However, Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor police is suspicious. So is the archaeologist's daughter, Tara Mullray. As they both seek to uncover the truth, they find themselves thrown together in a desperate race for survival. From a mysterious fragment of an ancient hieroglyphic text to rumors of a fabulous lost tomb in the Theban Hills, from the shimmering waters of the Nile to the dusty backstreets of Cairo, Khalifa and Mullray are drawn deeper into a labyrinth of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. It is a path that will eventually lead them into the forbidding, barren heart of the western desert, and to the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world.
language: English
title: The Lost Army of Cambyses
titlecomplete: The Lost Army of Cambyses (Yusuf Khalifa #1)
genres: Crime, Novels, Action, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Egypt, Adventure, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 4427
places: Egypt
series: Yusuf Khalifa
publisher: Bantam Books