A famous writer-cum-archaeologist whisks herself off to Egypt in search of a mummified doctor who, she hopes, once resurrected by her friend professeur Espérandieu, will be able to revive her sister (comatose after a grisly tennis accident). As misadventure stacks upon misadventure, will our heroine succeed in her original mission, and can she evade her nemesis, archaeologist Dieuleveult?