Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody Mystery #16) by Peters, Elizabeth - 2004

New York: William Morrow. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0066214718 .
Ex-library with stamp on front pastedown and pocket on back end paper. Corner bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, does not appear to have been taped, a little edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. ;
Sixteenth in the Amelia Peabody Mystery series. ; Amelia Peabody; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾" Tall; 399 pages;

"A hitherto lost journal of the indomitable Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the 'missing years' - 1907-1908 - shedding new light on an already exceptional career, a remarkable family ... And an unexpected terror.
" Ousted from their most recent archaeological dig and banned forever from the Valley of the Kings, the Emersons are spending a quiet summer at home in Kent, England, when a mysterious messenger arrive. Claiming to be the teenage brother of their dear friend Tarek, prince of the mysterious Lost Oasis, the charismatic herald brings troubling news of a strange malady that has struck down Tarek's heir and conveys his brother's urgent need for help only the Emersons can provide.
" Driven by loyalty - and a fear that the evil forces opposing Tarek's rule will now exploit the royal her's grave illness - the family sets off in secret for the land time forgot - a mountain fortress from which they narrowly escaped ten years before. Braving the treacherous desert climate on a trek fraught with danger at every turning, guided only by a crumbling map, the Emersons are unaware that deception is leading them onward into a nest of vipers - where a dreadful fate may await. " .