Prologue:

The screams were nothing he had ever heard before, inhuman wails filled with rage and hatred and who knew what else; if there were language involved in the ravings of the creature imprisoned within, it was completely unrecognizable as such.

The sarcophagus rattled with the force of blow after blow as its occupant tried to escape. The assault continued without pause, each tremor threatening to shake the golden coffin apart.

The sarcophagus held. The mummy remained contained. For fifty-four years the sarcophagus had held. For fifty-four years the monster inside had remained imprisoned. The sarcophagus would continue to hold, and the mummy would not get out that night.