2025
Sim and his mum are always on the move. Fortunately Mum is a champion n in martial arts and Sim is also pretty good. They always seem to be on the run and Sim isn’t sure why.
He finds out Mum has the power to unlock doors in time. This is related to her playing the flute Does Sim also have this powers? Unfortunately he plays the piano and you can’t exactly put one of those in your back pack. Yet he finds out that his tuning fork that has as much power.
Sim finds out he has an uncle, Emmett, and a cousin, Jeopardy, who have similar powers. Emmett can be difficult – he often steals artefacts from the past.
Emmett and Sim’s mum Callidora are in trouble with the Council of Keys, which has become corrupt. They have to prevent the Council form stealing the golden scarab that belongs on Nefertiti’s tomb. Yes, they have gone back to ancient Egypt and met Tutankhamun. On the way Sim has met Howard Carter excavating Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Callidora loses her power. Sim has to take over.
The novel is 262 pages of blocked text with a serif font and difficult ‘a’s and ‘g’s. The end material includes some detailed notes on aspects of the past they have visited, author and illustrator bio and an excerpt form the next book in the series.