Fires.
Floods. Earthquakes. Unseasonal weather changes. An unprecedented
increase in hurricane and tornatic activity. Blizzards in
May. Today's headlines. And they might have been ripped
from the pages of Richard D'Agostino's chilling novel, Rite
of Passage.
"There!
Shine your light over there."
"Frank, it's
just some sand trickling ..."
"SHUT UP,
damn it! Do you hear that?"
"Yeah, I hear
it. It's the dirt under your boots."
"I'm not moving,
Jack."
"Frank? What
is it?"
Stone ground against stone. The earth shook. Walls trembled.
In a gush, sand poured from slots in the wall. Dust swallowed
the air.
A secret sanctuary has been breached.
And so begins the
tale of a prehistoric crystal cylinder seal, discovered
in a passage beneath the base of Cheops'
Pyramid. Because of its ultimate secrets, Egyptologist Dr.
Karl Cassim's only daughter is taken hostage; Cairo's Minister
of Police betrays his office; and the chosen must prove their
worthiness by passing through the Seven Gates of Osiris. With
the assistance of American astronomer Julian Rutledge, renowned
British Egyptologist Sir E. Osborne Hunsdon, museum curator
Nancy Gottlieb, and the very things he debunked — gods,
curses, and magic — Dr. Cassim discovers a prophecy,
a warning for the New Age of Man. Everyone's life will be
changed.
Maybe even yours .
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