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After a two volume absence, the mad duck, Imperius Drake, and his dumb heavy subordinate, Bigg Baboon return with a vengeance (literally.) Set on conquest of the cosmos, the duck has hatched (sorry) a plot to revivify a savage ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Tsk VI and his ghost armies of crocodiles and lions. He plans to clone them and use them to overcome his enemies, real and imagined. Many new characters appear but most important are Octavius' and Belinda's twin cubs, Arabella and McTavish. (Yes, a Polar and Kodiak can have offspring.) You may remember that the "on again-off again" lovers were married offstage in Book Two. The kids start to receive signals over their Egyptian internet video game from a Uraeus, a cobra sacred to the gods and charged with protecting the tombs and mummies of the great kings of Egypt. She tells them of Imperius' plan and enlists the Great Bear's assistance. Octavius, Belinda, Maury Meerkat, the cubs, plus the usual and some new team members are called into action once again against the infamous Imperius. Chita still wants an opportunity to kill off the duck after his attempts to do her in. Who knows?

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	28 mars 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781780927718
Langue	English

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The Curse of the Mummy’s Case
Volume 5 of the Case Books of Octavius Bear
Harry DeMaio
“Alternative Universe Mysteries for Adult Animal Lovers”

2016 digital version converted and published by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
© Copyright 2016 Harry DeMaio
The right of Harry DeMaio to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of MX Publishing.
MX Publishing
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London, N11 3GX
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Dedicated to GTP
A Most Extraordinary Bear
and to the late
Bob Gibson
A Graphics Genius

Acknowledgements
These books have evolved over a long period of time and under a wide range of influences and circumstances. I am indebted to many people for helping to bring Octavius and his cohorts to the printed page. Thanks most especially to my wife, Virginia, for her insights and clever suggestions as well as her unfailing enthusiasm for the project and patience with its author. To my sons, Mark and Andrew and their spouses, Cindy and Lorraine, for helping make these tomes more readable and audience friendly. To Cathy Hartnett, cheerleader-extraordinaire for her eagerness to see this alternate universe take form. To Jack Magan, Rick Talerico, Dan Andriacco Amy Thomas, Luke Kuhns and Zohreh Zand for their assistance and support.
Kudos to Jim Effler, Brian Belanger and the late Bob Gibson for their illustrations and covers. Thanks, of course, to Steve Emecz and MX publishing for giving Octavius et al. a great home.
If, in spite of all this help, some errors or inconsistencies have crept through, the buck stops here. Needless to say, all of the characters, situations, and narratives are original and fictional.

The Development of Civilization Volume 5 Part 1: Our Origins
(From “An Introduction to Faunapology” by Octavius Bear PhD.)
About 100,000 years ago, according to scientific experts, a colossal solar flare blasted out from our Sun, creating gigantic magnetic storms here on Earth. These highly charged electrical tempests caused startling physical and psychological imbalances in the then population of our world. The complete nervous systems of some species were totally destroyed. For example, “Homo Sapiens” lost all mental and motor capabilities and rapidly became extinct. Less developed species exposed to the radiation were affected differently. Four-footed and finned mammals, birds and reptiles suddenly found themselves capable of complex thought, enhanced emotions, self-awareness, social consciousness and the ability to communicate, sometimes orally, sometimes telepathically, often both. Both speech production and speech perception slowly progressed with the evolution of tongues, lips, vocal cords and enhanced ear to brain connections. Many species developed opposable digits, fingers or claws, further accelerating civilized progress. Some others (most fish and underground dwellers) were shielded from the radiation and remained only as sentient as they were before the blast. This event is referred to as The Big Shock . It remains under intensive study.

The Players in Volume 5
Octavius Bear - Mega-sized Kodiak; Narcoleptic war hero; Consulting Detective; Scientist; Inventor; Seeker of justice; Mega-billionaire owner of Universal Ursine Industries; Gourmet/gourmand; Somewhat sedentary and grouchy just on general principles.
Mauritius (Maury) Meerkat - Narrator; Assistant to Octavius; Theatrical Agent; African émigré with a French-Dutch background; clever with a shady history.
Bearoness Belinda Béarnaise Bruin Bear (nee Black) – Gorgeous polar superstar, with the Aquashow, “Some Like It Cold.” Now wife of Octavius; Extremely rich widow of Bearon Byron Bruin living in Polar Paradise in the Shetlands; Owner-pilot of the last flying Concorde SST.
Arabella Bear - Hybrid bear cub prodigy; Twin daughter of Bearoness Belinda and Octavius.
McTavish Bear - Hybrid bear cub prodigy; Twin son of Bearoness Belinda and Octavius Bear
Inspector Bruce Wallaroo - Irrepressible but brilliant marsupial; an international law and order genius from Down Under; often calls on Octavius and Maury for support.
Otto the Magnificent - AKA Hairy Otter - An absolutely terrible illusionist magician, Otto the Magnificent escaped the claws of the evil genius Imperius Drake, but not before he developed some amazing powers courtesy of Imperius’ genetic alterations.
Frau Schuylkill - Octavius’ beautiful Swiss she-wolf housekeeper/cook/pilot/security officer with many other mysterious and military talents. She rescued Octavius from his dive off the Breakurbach Falls while he was struggling with his nemesis, Imperius Drake.
Wyatt Where – Another wolf. Former military intelligence officer who had retired to a security post at the Bank of Lake Michigan in Chicago and then quit to join Octavius.
Howard Watt – Porcupine. High tech security authority who also left the bank with Wyatt Where to join Octavius. A laser and particle beam accelerator expert.
Benedict and Galatea Tigris - White Bengals. The Flying Tigers
Chita - Beautiful, fascinating, clever, sexy, immoral and highly independent feline who among other things, is the publisher and editor in chief of PURR and SOW magazines.
Uraeus - (Raamjet) - Egyptian Cobra; demi goddess; protector of the tomb, coffin and mummy of King Tsk VI.
King Tsk VI - Hippopotamus. Cruel and vicious Ancient Egyptian king; Leader of the Languishing Leonine Legions (Lions) and the Pharaoh’s Phalanx (Crocodiles)
Imperius Drake - “Moriarty with wings.” Arch-villain, leader of the Black Quack gang; brilliant but loony duck who has developed a serum to make the animal kingdom his slaves; seeks world conquest and vengeance for ridicule by the scientific community and the death of his beloved mate, Lee-Li-Li.
Bigg Baboon - The major muscle in the Black Quack gang; the archetypical dumb heavy.
Effendi - An Egyptian vulture - arranger of events and relationships, mostly criminal.
Hyena - An Egyptian low-life who is also an expert on hieroglyphs and tomb robbery.
Bearyl and Bearnice Blanc - Belinda’s stunning twin polar sidekicks; Actress and singer, respectively.
L. Condor - Andean Condor cyber-net genius with a 12-foot wingspan.
Leperello - (Lepi) Himalayan Snow Leopard and singing partner of Bearnice Blanc.
Mlle Woof - Bichon Frisé; Governess to the twin cubs
Mrs. McRadish - Sheep - Cook at Polar Paradise / Bearmoral Castle
Fiona - Dandy Dinmont - Manager of the Polar Paradise cocktail lounge
Dolly, Molly, Polly and Holly - Cloned sheep Maids at Polar Paradise / Bearmoral Castle
Dougal - Shetland Sheep Dog - Major Domo at Polar Paradise / Bearmoral Castle
Superintendent Nigel Wardlaw of Shetland Yard – Bearded Collie –The Scottish Police.
Major Akil - Egyptian Mau (cat); head of the Egyptian Antiquities Police
Hamid - Egyptian Pharaoh Hound - driver and expert on Saharan trails
Farouk - A Red Sea fishercat
Kemal - a camel and sole owner and proprietor of Ships of the Desert Transport.
Fetlock Holmes - The Great Horse Detective and sometime associate of Octavius Bear.
Juno Bear - Octavius’ mother and twins’ grandmother.
Agrippa Bear - Octavius’ half brother.
Doctor “Odd” Vark - Aardvark - Chief Geneticist at Universal Ursine Industries.
Doctor Chiti BingBang - Orangutan - Chief Physician at Universal Ursine Industries.
Locations in Volume 5
Cincinnati, Ohio; Polar Paradise / Bearmoral Castle, in the Shetlands; Sites around Egypt

Prologue
Somewhere in Egypt
Far, far below in the fetid gloom,
Carefully moving from room to room.
She’s a thief on the run
But big trouble’s begun.
She is facing her moment of doom.
They were coming. She could sense them more than see or hear them, but they were there and they were moving fast...faster than she could move. The crudely dug passageways were dark. There’s dark and there’s DARK. And then there was this - REALLY DARK!! She was hoping she wouldn’t run into anything slimy on the floors or hanging from the ceiling as she groped her way along the walls, lugging a burlap bag filled with her latest “acquisitions” - a golden flail, crook and battle crown from the burial room of the pre-dynastic God-King Ka Rek. She had a flashlight but didn’t dare turn it on. They were too close.
She thought it had been too easy. Now she knew why. It was a trap! And like a stupid chump, she fell for it. The map! The half-excavated tunnel! The false doors, the arcane hieroglyphs promising great rewards to the courageous, the daring! They should have mentioned “the greedy.” They’ve been trying to get her for years and she had always evaded them. This time might be different. There were no little side passages or caverns where she could hide. Just the rough walls of the tunnel.
She was working her way upward. That much sh