Lay Down with Lions Book

Questioning the origins of his ancestors, the vampire called Beckett comes to Chicago. He arrives in the middle of a full-blown supernatural war and helps the powerful undead Khalid al-Rashid piece together the ancient history of mummies-a history hidden for millennia. The vampires realize they not only face the threat of Thea Ghandour and her fellow hunters, but must also struggle against other immortals. At the same time, the mysterious Maxwell Carpenter reveals his own motive for uncovering the source of the mummies' power: revenge. Fueled by hatred, Carpenter will stop at nothing until he has killed the last member of the Sforza family: the mummy, Nicholas Sforza-Ankhotep. The mummies must protect the heart of their power or they and their future will cease to exist! Lay Down With Lions is the second novel in the Year of the Scarab trilogy. This three volume epic reveals the rise of an ancient power that threatens to forever alter the World of Darkness the immortal beings known as mummies.