Boothby Guy: 60 books

There is an old saying that "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives," but how true this is very few of us really understand...

As was commonplace in the late nineteenth century, artist Cyril Forrester's father has brought back an ancient mummy as a grim souvenir of his travels in Egypt. But this mummy is not destined to stay put. A mysterious figure calling himself Pharos shows up to reclaim the relic -- and to unleash a deadly plague that will bring humanity to its knees.

"My Dear Ingleby," the letter from his benefactor read, "I am sorry to learn from my housekeeper that affairs have not been prospering with you. This must be remedied, and at once. There never was such luck as your being in want of employment at this particular moment. I've a billet...

"This powerful novel is weird and soul-thrilling." — The Scotsman. Cyril Forrester, a young Englishman traveling on the Continent, chances to meet a secretive old man and his ward, a lovely young violinist named Valerie. Enthralled by Valerie's beauty and disturbed by the elderly Egyptian's...