The Curse of Orang Medan

About this book

Between the sea's ebb and flow lie secrets that chose to remain imprisoned in the depths for decades, but today they decided to surface, dragging with them all who dare expose the hidden. Our journey begins in the heart of the Cairo Forensic Medicine Authority, where Dr. 'Ali Gabr' lives among silent corpses telling him the secrets of their departure, though he did not know death could wear a face more terrifying than the morgue he knew by heart. In his hands settles a black file bearing a name that sends shivers through sailors' bones: 'Orang Medan,' that legendary ship lost in the 1940s, its crew found dead with faces frozen in horror at a terror no one saw but them. And as Ali and his team set out on an exploratory journey to the Indian Ocean, they realize the science with which they arm themselves may be helpless before a power not subject to nature's laws. The novel weaves threads of mystery around an unknown black chemical substance, corpses vanishing in the blink of an eye, and whispers coming from nothingness to warn the newcomers.