Two Alexandrian fishermen come across a horrifying sight – the body of a skeleton floating upright at the bottom of the sea, anchored in place by a cement weight around his feet. In Alexandria's rough-and-tumble construction trade they call that 'being fitted with a pair of Rhakotis sandals' and what's worse, he's the second such victim in two years. Queen Cleopatra is busy rebuilding her city after the Alexandrian War and these murders are not...

Alexandria, 47 BC. Cleopatra shares the throne with her brother Ptolemy under the auspices of Julius Caesar, by whom Cleopatra is heavily pregnant. A shipment of new coins meant to reset the shaky Egyptian economy has been stolen and the Queen's Eye has been murdered, so Queen Cleopatra turns to childhood friend Tetisheri to find the missing shipment and bring the murderer to justice.

To rescue an old friend, Gordianus must go behind enemy lines, facing unspeakable danger in the greatest war of the ancient world.

"Geronimo Stilton is the editor of the Rodent's Gazettte, the most famouse paper on Mouse Island. In his free time he loves to tell fun, happy stories. In these adventures, Geronimo has to face his worst enemies, the pirate cats, who have discover a way to travel back in time and change history ... Geronimo, Thea, Benjamin, and Trap Stilton, and others, must hop into the speedrat, their awesome time machine invented by Professor Volt, and defeat the...