The Pyramid Plot

Egypt in the twenty-sixth century BC. The young pharaoh Cheops wants to forgo the construction of a pyramid in his honor, but his court sages hasten to persuade him otherwise. The pyramid, they tell him, is not a tomb but a paradox, designed to appease the masses by oppressing them. It is a symbol of nothing, a useless and infinite project designed to waste the country’s wealth and keep security and prosperity, ever the fonts of sedition, constantly at bay. And so the greatest pyramid in the world has ever seen begins to rise. Rumors multiply. A secret police is formed. Conspiracies—real and imagined—swirl around the rising edifice. The most drastic purges follow. By the time the first stone is laid, Cheops’s subjects are terrified enough to yield to his most murderous whims. Each time one of the massive stones is hoisted into place, dozens of men are crushed, and there are tens of thousands of stones. . . .

EACH BOOK IN THIS EXCITING SERIES CONTAINS A THRILLING ADVENTURE STORY, PACKED WITH ENTERTAINING PUZZLES TO SOLVE. THERE ARE EXTRA CLUES TO HELP YOU IF YOU GET STUCK ALONG THE WAY AND ANSWERS AT THE BACK OF EACH BOOK. JAZ AND GUSTO'S TRIP TO EGYPT TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TURN WHEN THEY STUMBLE UPON A BUNCH OF CROOKS AND AN ANCIENT TREASURE TRAIL. THEIR SEARCH LEADS THEM ON A PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF MYSTERY AND SABOTAGE AS GUSTO AND JAZ STRUGGLE TO OUTWIT THE SUSPICIOUS IONA FORTUNE, UNRAVEL THE RIDDLE OF THE STRANGE SYMBOLS AND FINALLY DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMID PLOT ITSELF.

A clever trick saves the workers who are building the Great Pyramid from being punished, and their working conditions are improved as well.

Follow young Oliver's rebellious coming-of-age in the village of Stillbourne in this comic novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies. Eighteen is a good time for suffering Welcome to the country town of Stillbourne. Restless teenage resident Oliver wants to enjoy himself before going to university, beginning with his pursuit of the Town Crier's daughter. But in this claustrophobic community - stifled by the English class system, and where everybody knows everyone's business - love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment . . . 'Golding depicts with subtle skill all the pains of growing up and growing old. He treats us to some superb comic episodes.' Daily Telegraph 'Golding's most approachable novel and a curiously personal one, that returns to the mind again and again as if the shames and idylls were one's own.' Guardian 'Neatly drawn, funny and touching . . . The snap, the tang, and the tension in Golding's prose is always a pleasure.' Harper's

It isn't easy being a teenage pharaoh, having to deal with assassins, sphinxes, mad high priests, gods, sacred crocodiles and marching mummies. And all you really want is the chance to do something for young people and the inner cities.

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. From the creator of the hit Percy Jackson series.