The League of the Sphinx: the Purple Scarab
Book Details
Author(s)R.E. Preston
PublisherWestmarch Publishing
ISBN / ASINB00SDJVG8A
ISBN-13978B00SDJVG88
Sales Rank392,134
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In The League of the Sphinx; The Purple Scarab, the first novel in R.E. Preston’s seven-book adventure series set in the chaos of the Second World War, 15 year old Edmund Peabody, Chander Peabody and Amelia Tripp discover a powerful ancient Egyptian scarab and must use its dark magic to rescue Winston Churchill.
The Second World War has begun and things are going badly for England. Brothers Edmund Peabody and Chander Peabody join their old soldier/archaeologist grandfather, the Colonel, in a desperate race against the Nazis to recover a set of seven ancient Egyptian scarabs powerful enough to make victorious the side which possesses them.
Edmund and Chander, joined by the dauntless Amelia Tripp, must battle with mummies, castle ghosts, Nazi spies and their own demons as they struggle to prevent the scarabs from falling into the hands of the enemy. They discover dark secrets about their family, their castle, and the secret organization which has brought the sarcophagus of Neferu with them from Egypt.
The ghost of Neferu appears, beautiful and beguiling, and she pledges to assist the teenagers just as they realize that their Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is also in immediate danger from the same forces who threaten them. Edmund, Chander and Amelia have no choice but to try to activate the magic of the scarabs, an unpredictable magic as old, mysterious and dark as the Gods of the ancient Egyptians themselves.
The Second World War has begun and things are going badly for England. Brothers Edmund Peabody and Chander Peabody join their old soldier/archaeologist grandfather, the Colonel, in a desperate race against the Nazis to recover a set of seven ancient Egyptian scarabs powerful enough to make victorious the side which possesses them.
Edmund and Chander, joined by the dauntless Amelia Tripp, must battle with mummies, castle ghosts, Nazi spies and their own demons as they struggle to prevent the scarabs from falling into the hands of the enemy. They discover dark secrets about their family, their castle, and the secret organization which has brought the sarcophagus of Neferu with them from Egypt.
The ghost of Neferu appears, beautiful and beguiling, and she pledges to assist the teenagers just as they realize that their Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is also in immediate danger from the same forces who threaten them. Edmund, Chander and Amelia have no choice but to try to activate the magic of the scarabs, an unpredictable magic as old, mysterious and dark as the Gods of the ancient Egyptians themselves.
