When a mysterious mummy is delivered to the British Museum from a unearthed tomb in Egypt, Patience Worth dismisses the murmurs of ancient curses as nothing more than superstition. As the pragmatic daughter of a mathematics professor, Patience relies on evidence over folklore, though she harbors a secret fascination with the unexplained.But her skepticism is shaken when a museum assistant is discovered dead under mysterious circumstances. Summoned by Scotland Yard to the scene, Patience experiences an eerie sensation of being watched, as though unseen eyes are following her movements from the shadows.The arrival of the enigmatic Dr. Amun Hotep only deepens the intrigue. There's something about the distinguished Egyptian scholar that Patience can't quite define. Then, as more bodies begin to surface, each leaving behind only strange trails of dust, Patience retreats to her attic room to make sense of the chaos. There, she meticulously maps out connections and uncovers a chilling pattern that mirrors the burial rituals of ancient Egypt.Her investigation takes a dangerous turn when her research is ransacked and her beloved Uncle Frederick is brutally attacked. It is then that Patience is forced to confront an unthinkable possibility: the archaeological expedition didn't merely discover a mummy. They disturbed something far older and more dangerous, something that has followed them back to London.Armed only with her intelligence and forbidden knowledge gleaned from arcane texts, Patience prepares to confront an ancient entity that has endured the centuries. As dawn breaks over St. Catherine's cemetery, she must make an impossible choice: reveal the terrifying truth to a world unready to face it or take the secret to her grave.Set against the fog-drenched streets of turn-of-the-century London, this atmospheric thriller follows Patience Worth as she battles a malevolent force that tests the limits of her rational mind and forces her to ask: are legends born from superstition, or from a terrible, forgotten truth?