| Difficulty | Advanced |
| Author | Mike Berlyn/Patricia Fogleman |
| Release | 1983 |
| Units Shipped | 49,780 |
Infidel
There's an old Egyptian fable that tells how a sacrilegious camel once dined on
a high priest's pocketwatch, only to awake in the morning with a bellyful of
ticks. The moral, needless to say, is that one should never bite off more than
one can can stomach.
That's wisdom you evidently failed to heed. A small-time adventurer, you've dared the smouldering heat of the Egyptian desert in search of a great lost pyramid, boldness that may be your undoing. Marooned by your followers and pursued by the vultures of death, you are sustained only by the faint hope that you can somehow survive to reach the pyramid where you match wits the most ingenious architects, builders -- and murderers --of all time: the ancient Egyptians.
What indomitable inner resource is it that drives you ever onward against such desperate odds? Pride? Unflinching devotion to the cause of archaeological science? Or could it possibly be the prospect that the treasures concealed within the tomb are worth enough on the open market to keep you rolling in filthy lucre for the rest of your born days? We leave the question open, with this footnote: Your quest transcends mere fortune. Here, amid the shifting sands of eternity, dignity and self-esteem are at stake. For you are branded INFIDEL.
That's wisdom you evidently failed to heed. A small-time adventurer, you've dared the smouldering heat of the Egyptian desert in search of a great lost pyramid, boldness that may be your undoing. Marooned by your followers and pursued by the vultures of death, you are sustained only by the faint hope that you can somehow survive to reach the pyramid where you match wits the most ingenious architects, builders -- and murderers --of all time: the ancient Egyptians.
What indomitable inner resource is it that drives you ever onward against such desperate odds? Pride? Unflinching devotion to the cause of archaeological science? Or could it possibly be the prospect that the treasures concealed within the tomb are worth enough on the open market to keep you rolling in filthy lucre for the rest of your born days? We leave the question open, with this footnote: Your quest transcends mere fortune. Here, amid the shifting sands of eternity, dignity and self-esteem are at stake. For you are branded INFIDEL.
