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The Staff of Moses

Oliver Lucas is a professional tomb robber, though he prefers to think of himself as an adventure photographer and gentleman relic hunter. It has been a decade since his previous career fell to pieces in the wake of a discovery that led him to abandon academia and begin scouring the world for clues to an ancient conspiracy.

Now a powerful man wants Oliver to track down a relic from the pages of history: the staff Moses used to call down plagues, part the sea, and lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. Unfortunately, the scroll that points the way to this relic is in hands of a band of renegade military contractors, and the only connection Oliver has to them is through a disgraced Egyptian spymaster.

Oliver calls on Diana Jordan, an expert in ancient art and languages, and his former lover, to help him translate the scroll. She agrees, and together they set off for Egypt, resolved to track down the staff, no matter who stands in their way.

It isn’t long before Oliver and Diana find themselves in over their heads, confronting undead guardians, ancient cults, and the unleashed power of the staff itself.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter One - Dark Eyes

  2. Chapter Two - Homecoming

  3. Chapter Three - Family Ties

  4. Chapter Four - True Relics

  5. Chapter Five - Diana

  6. Chapter Six - Egypt Saved by Joseph

  7. Chapter Seven - Arrival

  8. Chapter Eight - Contact

  9. Chapter Nine - Coffee

  10. Chapter Ten - A New Plan

  11. Chapter Eleven - Breakfast

  12. Chapter Twelve - Examination Room

  13. Chapter Thirteen - Elevated Conversation

  14. Chapter Fourteen - The Nature of Miracles

  15. Chapter Fifteen - Hittites

  16. Chapter Sixteen - Breakthrough

  17. Chapter Seventeen - Into the Desert

  18. Chapter Eighteen - The Estate

  19. Chapter Nineteen - Recovery

  20. Chapter Twenty - Into the Garden

  21. Chapter Twenty One - Temple of Death

  22. Chapter Twenty Two - Captured

  23. Chapter Twenty Three - Chopper

  24. Chapter Twenty Four - At Gunpoint

  25. Chapter Twenty Five - Guardians

  26. Chapter Twenty Six - Sacredly Profane

  27. Chapter Twenty Seven - Guide and Key

  28. Chapter Twenty Eight - Dry Lake

  29. Chapter Twenty Nine - The Temple of the Staff

  30. Chapter Thirty - Gods and Plagues

  31. Chapter Thirty One - The Final Deal