Two lives. One terrifying secret.
Oxford archaeologist Joanne Sharman is losing her grip on reality. Haunted by the vivid memories of Shepen-Wepet—a Nubian princess born under a blood-red moon, Joanne is driven by visions of an ancient power that refuses to stay buried. What she once thought was psychological transference, is revealed as something far more dangerous.
Accompanied by her loyal colleague Andrew, Joanne follows the breadcrumbs of her past life to the desert of Sudan. Her goal: the holy mountain of Jebel Barkal, where legend speaks of a second golden sphinx hidden within the living rock. But this is no mere monument. It is a quantum machine of unimaginable power, a beacon that has begun to resonate across the millennia.
As the fabric of space-time begins to fray and global early-warning systems trigger a countdown to a nuclear apocalypse, Joanne realises she is the fulcrum of a 3,000-year-old prophecy. A malevolent presence from the end of time is manipulating history, ready to sacrifice the modern world to anchor its own dying reality.
Joanne must confront a final, impossible choice.
To save the future, is she willing to let her own history be erased?
