Description: Evil runs rampant through the grand abode of Djehuty, the much despised governor of Abu. Four deaths -- each exactly ten days apart -- have occurred in and around the powerful functionary's premises: an expert swimmer drowned...a spearman accidentally impaled on his own weapon...a sergeant of the guard found with a dagger through his breast...a young officer trampled by a horse gone mad. The vizier has requested that this deadly puzzle be investigated and, though Lieutenant Bak of the Medjay police fears for his own life and for the safety of his men, it is his duty to serve. As Bak wonders if this violence is retribution from the gods or simply the work of a human madman, a disturbing cache of dark, well-protected secrets suddenly appears before him. But there is one thing of which the dedicated policeman can be certain: if a killer is true to his pattern, another will die this day.

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