Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District Close by the body lies a crudely-carved clay artefact of a sinister jackal-headed creature In the ensuing police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up children and their sinister 'Egyptian game' are gradually revealed Secrets which have lain buried for almost twenty years Secrets which will emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences