In the early hours of the morning, a young lawyer is called to the home of a beautiful woman he has just met. Here, her father, an archaeologist, lies in a coma, the victim of a mysterious attack. The injured man is discovered to be dabbling in ritual magic in an attempt to raise an ancient Egyptian queen from the dead. As the hour of his great experiment approaches, a deadly supernatural stuggle begins. First published in 1903 as a successor to Dracula , this is the only available edition of the original version, and includes the alternative ending for the 1912 revised edition.