A cursed spear. A possessed Victorian medium. An undead Roman army buried beneath the sands of Sudan.

When immortal sisters Fran and Jan Stridsoks arrive in Khartoum in 1914, they’re expecting a quiet investigation into a mysterious artefact — not a magical heist, political scandal, and a djinn hell-bent on breaking free.

But when an ancient power stirs beneath the ruined pyramids of Meroë, the sisters must team up with a reluctant warrior, outwit colonial authorities, and face off against a medium-turned-madman controlled by something far older — and far more dangerous.

Their only hope? A Mahdist who might be on their side and a legendary Sudanese queen who’s been dead for 2000 years… but isn’t staying that way.

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