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SEVENTH SCROLL

By: Wilber Smith

Synopsis:

A fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old. Within it lie the
clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time. ... a riddle
that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terain of North
Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered , Beautiful half-English,
half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. With
eminent archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper she can pick up the pieces
of her shattered life and find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For
Duraid. For the long dead slave Taita. And for the dreams of an ancient
Pharaoh ... Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as
their own.

This edition published 1996 by Pan Books

ISBN 0 330 34415 3

Copyright ( Wilbur Smith 1995

Printed and bound in Great Britain

Once more this book is for my wife Danielle.

Despite all the happy loving years we have spent together I feel that we
are only just beginning.

There is so much more to come.

The dusk crept in from the desert, and shaded the dunes with purple.
Like a thick velvet cloak it muted all sounds, so that the evening was
tranquil and hushed.

From where they stood on the crest of the dune they looked out over the
oasis and the complex of small villages that surrounded it. The
buildings were white with flat roofs and the date palms stood higher
than any of them except the Islamic mosque and the Coptic Christian
church.

These bastions of faith opposed each other across the lake.

The waters of the lake were sparkling. A flight of duck slanted down on
quick wings to land with a small splash of white close in against the
reed banks.

The man and the woman made a disparate couple. He was tall, though
slightly bowed, his silvering hair catching the last of the sunlight.