title: Secrets of the Dead: A novel of mummies and ancient curses
author:  Simon Clark 
description: "Clarks plain prose adequately evokes the bodily horror of mummification and the unquiet dead" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)<br /><br />"Another fine novel from this very readable writer (<i>Booklist</i>)
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  The Last Praetorian
  
  
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  Book One of The Redemption Trilogy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  By Mike Smith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  May 2013 Edition
  
  
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  **Copyright © 2013 Mike Smith
  
  
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  All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976,
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  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
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  Cover image copyright © 2013 AiTuDou
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Mum and Dad
  
  
  Thanks for picking me up and dusting me off whenever I was down.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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