Only, it is here everything starts to go wrong.The oldest and youngest daughter discover their father dead on the kitchen floor, the victim of a suicide. Barely a year later, their mother runs away from them, leaving them in Lara's care. Bothered by bad dreams, horrific thunderstorms and dark miracles, the Stevens sisters start to question the otherwise plausible world around them.
Meanwhile, thee Egyptian government has finally allowed excavation under the Sphinx. But following a terrorist explosion, something very peculiar happens to the mighty structure that makes Lieutenant Sam Frihuke question what the INMCs involvement actually is, whilst Commander Tenker is disturbed hy what's happening back in San Fransisco: The Board of Directors are voting off Bill Smedley as head of Security, and voting in Fuyumi Takamara, who is only well-known for his website. The Liberty Bell, a massive online forum where members discuss alternative mythology and legends. So why on Earth do the Marines want him?
Why does Langdon Hall mysteriously burst into flames one night after an argument between Carrie and Lara?
And why did Marie run away?
All the questions will be answered, it seems, when the chamber under the Sphinx is finally uneathered and opened up, to reveal one of two things: the key to an ancient map cast by the Egyptians, or, ultimately, the end of the world...