Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological
team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who
was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial
chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper
and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to
believe that the greatest prize of all—Narmer’s crown—might be buried
with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and
Narmer’s is the elusive “double” crown of the two Egypts, supposedly
possessed of awesome powers.
The dig itself is located in one of the
most forbidding places on earth—the Sudd, a nearly impassable swamp in
northern Sudan. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and
dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and inexplicable occurrences are
causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries- old curse. With a
monumental discovery in reach, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto
the project to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions . . .
and alarm.
In the hands of master storyteller Lincoln Child, The Third Gate breaks new ground and introduces a fascinating new protagonist to the thriller world.