Will the voice of Atep, which has influenced both Mikki at the seance and Mr Sweet in his room at the University, affect Tarot as he rehearses his escapology? And is there some connection with Tarot's former stage partner, Quabal?

Chas thinks that he has been attacked - by Tarot! And Ozzie the owl has been behaving strangely. Tarot has decided that he will only discover the secret of the power of Atep - and the part played by his former stage partner, Quabal - by going to Egypt. This week Tarot and company meet up with the man who discovered Atep's tomb, Fergus Wilson.

Tarot, Chas and Mikki have visited Atep's tomb, near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. And Mikki has been presented by an Arab boy with a statuette from the tomb, which seems to have strange powers. Fergus Wilson has met up with Tarot's double, and Tarot prepares himself for a confrontation in Atep's tomb with his former stage partner, Quabal.