1908

Mask of the Sheik

Publisher: Fantastic Tales Periodicals
Author: Ancram Hudson ll

Synopsis
Digging at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, Hudson and Hillsdale become embroiled in a nationalist conflict between the colonial government of Great Britain and a sect of Bedouin cultists who follow a masked wizard. The wizard wants to reclaim the lands of Egypt from the English using an ancient spellbook and the hosts of hellish creatures it allows him to conjure. Hillsdale finds himself having to protect the city of Cairo against a demon army of thousands.