Shelfwear and creases in spine from reading Pages yellowing Signet, 1980, 313 pages In Robin Cook's Sphinx , a treasure more valuable than any of the glittering relics in the Valley of the Kings, hidden for centuries, is waiting to unleash its deadly curse. No one had known the great golden Pharaoh existed. Erica Baron, expert Egyptologist, is the first to recognize his dangerous beauty. And as others join the chase, she is the first to feel the fear . . . Fear of a Pharoah’s secrets. Fear of the greed and evil her discovery will unveil . . .