The mansion of famed Egyptologist Abel Trelawny is adorned by hundreds of ancient treasures stolen from the tombs of the great monarchs of Egypt. His most prized possession is the almost perfectly preserved mummy of Queen Tera.

When his daughter, Margaret, finds her father near death with his arm savagely torn in seven places, she is about to enter the most frightening night of her life, as lying silently near to where Abel has fallen is the mummified corpse of Queen Tera.

She is immersed further into the mysteries of the Trelawny Mansion, when amongst the artefacts Margaret discovers explicit instructions from her father. What past deeds of Trelawny has reached out to the ancient spirits and unleashed the curse of centuries?