But having drunk the elixir of life he now Ramses the Damned, doomed forever to wander the earth, desperate to quell hungers that can never be satisfied - for food, for wine, for women. Reawakened in opulent Edwardian London, he becomes Dr. Ramses, the expert in Egyptology. He also becomes the close companion of voluptous, adventerous Julie Stratford, heiress to a vast shipping fortune and the center of a group of jaded aristocrats with appetites...

While visiting Egypt with her parents, Anna follows a cat into a tomb and meets Nefertari who gives her a tour and explains about ancient Egyptian gods and customs.

From the iconic and bestselling author of The Mummy and The Vampire Chronicles, a mesmerizing, glamorous new tale of ancient feuds and modern passions. Ramses the Great, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reawakened by the elixir of life in Edwardian England. Now immortal with his bride-to-be, he is swept up in a fierce and deadly battle of wills and psyches against the once-great Queen Cleopatra. Ramses has reawakened Cleopatra with the same perilous elixir...

"A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt’s greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, he’s found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered...