Publisher's Synopsis
An ancient Egyptian fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers known as 'The Beetle' has arrived in London to seeks revenge on British Parliament Member Paul Lessingham for the defilement of a tomb in Egypt. When this strange creature, "born neither of God nor man", organizes the disappearance of Lessingham's fiancée Marjorie, solving the mystery of the Beetle becomes a question of life or death...