'The Ruby's Curse' by Alex Kingston

Among the grave goods was found a ruby of great size, referred to as 'The Eye of Horus'.

No sooner was this jewel plucked from its setting than there came a cry from the entrance to the tomb...

1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra’s tomb – but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby’s curse?

1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus – but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn’t believe in curses – but is she wrong?

From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally – her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: Is fiction changing into fact – or is fact changing into fiction?


Publication Date:
20th May 2021

Notes:
*Featuring River Song and Melody Malone, with Captain Jack Harness, Amy and Rory, and the Thirteenth Doctor

*A BBC Books 'Doctor Who' Novel