"At last, Marianne and Adrian have found Richard in Paxtown and met the enemy that has driven him into a corner: the suave and conniving Milo Zotis, head of the Fighting Fists Funeral Cup. Rivals new and old challenge Marianne, Adrian, and Richard in the tournament ring. Meanwhile, an even more dangerous menace lurks in the shadows--an order whose history is linked to the Valley of the Kings itself"--Back cover.