Durban history teacher Khalid Osman always thought of the past as something confined to the pages of a textbook until a mysterious artifact thrust him into the desert of ancient Egypt. Stranded and his lifeline back home lost, survival hinges on a fragile partnership with Hanafi, a stoic desert guide. Their search for the lost artifact uncovers a dangerous conspiracy: General Horemheb’s plot to assassinate Pharaoh. Disturbing whispers suggest that Khalid’s lost artifact holds the key to the deadly scheme. Torn between reclaiming his only path home and preventing a murder that could alter history forever, Khalid must navigate treacherous court politics and lethal threats far beyond the bounds of any history lesson. The ease of crossing the unmarked threshold belies the brutal challenge of surviving antiquity.