The Valley of the Kings 1222 BC. The tomb of Thutmose III has been desecrated, plundered by thieves. Cretan forensic pharmacologist Nikolas of Kydonia is commissioned by Pharaoh Ramesses II to lead the investigation to locate and punish the guilty. Once again Nikolas and his team of investigators evade death and injury as they pursue their investigation from the heat-blasted wastes of the Valley of the Kings to a bandit lair in Damascus, and back.