Nigel learns about orphan Sydney's youth in a less strict boarding school, when her then dorm buddy Darcy Lowe arrives with a trail to a Tutanchamun pendant and he scarred man who murdered Syd's mentor ethical relic hunter Dr. Alistair Newell. After a cat and mouse game with Cairo fence Ramez Suda and his spy monkey, it leads to Turkey. There the relic and its legendary magically complement are being auctioned at the secret 'Ancient order of thieves' Gural Nataz by relic fiend Tafik, whom Syd recognizes, ultimately as the murderer Fabrice De Viega, realizing scarred Cyrus's innocence.
—KGF Vissers