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consistently referred to by those names; Amelia secretly appreciated her flattering appellation of Sitt Hakim, Lady Doctor, though she was equally appreciative of her husband’s habit of calling her by her maiden name of Peabody as a demonstration of equality and affection. Emerson detested his given name and preferred to be addressed by his surname or by his Egyptian sobriquet, Father of Curses (which, as his wife admits, was well deserved despite her effort to cure him of using bad language). Nefret was known to many Egyptians as Nur Misur, “Light of Egypt.” Her husband’s less charming Egyptian name was Brother of Demons. It was meant as a compliment, however, acknowledging his varied abilities in disguise and languages.

One other member of the family had a plethora of pseudonyms. When Amelia and Emerson first encountered Sethos, aka the Master Criminal, aka the Master, they regarded him as a deadly enemy—head of the illegal antiquities racket in Egypt and the Middle East, and Emerson’s rival for Amelia’s affections. It came as a considerable shock to them (and, the Editor must admit, to her) when they discovered he was Emerson’s illegitimate half-brother. During the First World War he redeemed himself by serving as a secret agent, a role for which he was well qualified by his skill in the art of disguise and his knowledge of the Middle East. Ramses, who had similar talents, was also recruited for the Secret Service, and carried out several perilous missions in Egypt and the Middle East. His best friend, David, served with him on one of these jobs; the Editor suspects David may have been involved in at least one other, but unfortunately the journals for several of the war years are still missing. Sethos, much to the surprise of everyone except Amelia (who claimed the credit for reforming him) became a friend and supporter.

And now, dear Readers, the Great War has ended and the family is about to be reunited. The saga continues!

About the Author

ELIZABETH PETERS was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in an historic farmhouse in western Maryland. Her Amelia Peabody novels published by HarperCollins are (in chronological order): Lion in the Valley; The Ape Who Guards the Balance; The Falcon at the Portal; He Shall Thunder in the Sky; Lord of the Silent; The Golden One; Children of the Storm.

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ALSO BY ELIZABETH PETERS

Children of the Storm*

The Golden One*

Lord of the Silent*

He Shall Thunder in the Sky*

The Falcon at the Portal*

The Ape Who Guards the Balance*

Seeing A Large Cat*

The Hippopotamus Pool*

Night Train to Memphis

The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog*

The Last Camel Died at Noon*

Naked Once More

The Deeds of the Disturber*

Trojan Gold

Lion in the Valley*

The Mummy Case*

Die for Love

Silhouette in Scarlet

The Copenhagen Connection

The Curse of the Pharaohs*

The Love Talker

Summer of the Dragon

Street of the Five Moons

Devil-May-Care

Legend in Green Velvet

Crocodile on the Sandbank*

The Murders of Richard III

Borrower of the Night

The Seventh Sinner

The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits

The Dead Sea Cipher

The Camelot Caper

The Jackal's Head

*Amelia Peabody Mysteries

Credits

Jacket illustration by Phill Singer

Copyright

CHILDREN OF THE STORM. COPYRIGHT © 2003 BY MPM MANOR, INC. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic