The Third Translation

Walter Rothschild, an American Egyptologist charged by the British Museum to unlock the riddle of the Stela of Paser - one of the last and most important hieroglyphic riddles in existence - is unwittingly involved in the theft of an antiquity by a cult devoted to ancient Egyptian mysticism. Aided as well as hindered by a group of idiosyncratic Londoners, Walter must force his middle-aged body to perform acts of heroics to defeat the plotters and take back what rightfully belongs to the museum.