When Kit Salter and her friends peek at a famed mummy in a museum chamber, they are shocked to discover rattles and moans coming from the box. Inside is an Egyptian stowaway, determined to return a looted scarab and save his village. When the mummy is stolen too, the ensuing adventures put the children fast on the heels of a villainous East End mob. But Kit and the villains are yet to meet a stronger force - the terrible power of ancient Egypt.
