Synopsis: "Novelization of the real-life adventure that fifteen-year-old Tom Lloyd steps into when he and his journalist uncle join an archaeological expedition in the Upper Nile Valley. In a desperate effort to unearth all they can before the Aswan High dam is completed, archaeologists from Europe and America are speeding up their explorations. Events will take an extraordinary twist: the lost tomb of the fabled Pharaoh Akhnaten is discovered intact. Then the tomb is broken into and a priceless relic is stolen. This novel is about the role Tom plays in the recovery of the treasure." ― paraphrased from this book's Goodreads English product page as of 2021-07-18.