From the publisher: It was the magic and mystery of an empire long past that beautiful Erica Baron came toe explore. Innocently she cast her eyes in forbidden places and discovered the clue to a treasure beyond imagination. It was then that terror overtook her, as the most fearful curse of the ancient world and the most savage menace of the modern one threatened to detroy her. One dangerously attractive man offered Erica help...he offered her protection...he offered her love. And in this strange, exotic land of seductive evils, where no one could be trusted, desire became for Erica the deadliest snare of all...

I was walking through the bookstore when I saw the bold letters SPHINX jump out. At the time, we were producing Riddle of the Sphinx, so I naturally grabbed the book not knowing at the time who Robin Cook was or that this was outside of his genr?©. What a treasure this book turned out to be... this is one of those rare books that pulled me in and simply wouldn't let me go!