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A journalist is murdered in Jerusalems Armenian Cathedral and Detective Arieh Ben-Roi is spoilt for leads. But one seems out of place - an apparent link to a decades-old missing persons case in Egypt. Baffled- Ben-Roi turns for help to his old friend and sparring partner- Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police.Although struggling with personal tragedy and immersed in a case of his own - mysterious well poisonings in the Eastern Desert - Khalifa agrees to do some digging. What he discovers will change both mens lives for ever.As their investigations intertwine- the detectives are drawn ever deeper into a sinister web of violence- abuse- corporate malpractice and international terrorism. And at its heart lies a three thousand year-old mystery that has already taken two lives- and will soon be claiming more......