Tom Scheffler knew that his great-uncle had made his fortune by selling ancient-Egyptian artifacts that were finer than those in any museum. Scheffler also knew that his uncle was still afraid of some man, some entity, known only as Pilgrim. What Scheffler didn't know and would learn the hard way was that Pilgrim was coming back, aboard a ship that traveled both space and time, headed for a confrontation in a weirdly changed past where the monstrous gods of ancient Egypt lay in wait for the grave robbers from out of Time.