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Item Details
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ALEC DEVLIN: THE EYE OF THE SERPENT
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| By: |
Philip Caveney |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1407047604 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781407047607 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
16 December, 2008 |
| Series: |
Alec Devlin |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Egypt 1923: 15-year-old Alec Devlin finds his archaeologist Uncle Will has fallen ill hours after opening the doors of an ancient tomb hidden deep in the earth. With Ethan Wade, a young American soldier of fortune managing the dig, and a pretty French woman called Madeleine Duval, Alec confronts a terror that has waited 3,000 years to be reborn. |
| Synopsis: |
Egypt 1923.Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's not the first time he's spent his summer this way . . . but this year things are different.Uncle Will and his young assistant, Tom Hinton, have recently made an amazing discovery - an ancient tomb hidden deep below the earth. But only hours after opening its doors, Uncle Will falls mysteriously ill and Tom seems to have disappeared without trace.Together with Ethan Wade, the young American soldier of fortune who is managing the dig in Uncle Will's absence, and a pretty French woman called Madeleine Duval, Alec sets about unravelling the tomb's mysteries. Seemingly harmless animals have turned into rabid killers . . . long dead mummies are rising from their tombs . . . the spirit of a powerful High Priest is claiming the bodies of the living as his living hosts . . . Together Alec and Ethan must confront a terror that has waited three thousand years to be reborn. |
| Reader Age: |
From 9 to 11 years |
| Illustrations: |
Black and White |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
RHCP UK Digital |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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