Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx

Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx is the twelfth and final novel in Bantam's popular Indy series, and the fourth by author Max McCoy.

Publisher's summary[]

It is the most coveted of all ancient artifacts. In it is written the history—and the fate—of every human being. And he who owns it writes his own destiny. Now Indiana Jones follows a trail of danger, magic, and archaeological mystery through the war-torn Orient, from Rangoon to the Egyptian desert, searching for the secret underground hiding place of the all-powerful Omega Book. But with a beautiful woman seeking her missing magician husband, and a vengeance-crazed Japanese spymaster hot on his heels, Indy is running out of time. If the Omega Book falls into the wrong hands, not only his own fate but the fate of the world will be at the mercy of a madman bent on writing humanity's final chapter!

Appearances[]

Characters[]

• Aaron (Mentioned only)
• Abdul
• Sheikh Adda (Mentioned only)
• Ahkmed
• Allah (Mentioned only)
• Arthur
• Sheikh Ali Azhad
• Ibn Battuta (Mentioned only)
• Napoleon Bonaparte (Mentioned only)
• Marcus Brody
• Montgomery Bryce
• Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
• Dharuma (Mentioned only)
• Divine Wind first mate
• Divine Wind engineer
• Alecia Dunstin (Mentioned only)
• Albert Einstein
• Jasmine el-Kahir
• Moshti el-Kahir
• Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir
• Charles Fort (Mentioned only)
• Ulysses S. Grant (Mentioned only)
• Gulliver (Mentioned only)
• Henri
• Hirohito (Mentioned only)
• Adolf Hitler (Mentioned only)
• Mr. Hyde
• Jadoo
• Indiana Jones
• Pharaon Khafre (Mentioned only)
• Genghis Khan (Mentioned only)
• Tzen Khan (Mentioned only)
• Lo
• Francois Malevil (Mentioned only)
• Faye Maskelyne
• Kaspar Maskelyne (Skull)
• Mystery Maskelyne
• Menes (Mentioned only)
• Miriam (Mentioned only)
• Miyamoto
• Moses (Mentioned only)
• Musashi
• Ed Musick
• Nurhachi (Mentioned only)
• Nut (Mentioned only)
• Pascal
• Pasha
• Plato (Mentioned only)
• Rameses II (Mentioned only)
• Babe Ruth (Mentioned only)
• Sallah's brother-in-law (Mentioned only)
• Sallah's father (Mentioned only)
• Satan / Shaitan (Mentioned only)
• Albert Schweitzer (Mentioned only)
• Si Huang (Mentioned only)
• Captain Snark
• Mishima Sokai
• Solomon (Mentioned only)
• Solon (Mentioned only)
• Thutmose IV (Mentioned only)
• Tutankhamun (Mentioned only)
• Clement Wragge (Mentioned only)

Locations[]

• Actium (Mentioned only)
• Atlantic Ocean (Mentioned only)
• Australia (Mentioned only)
• Baghdad (Mentioned only)
• Calcutta, India
  • Atlas House
  • Bengali
• China
  • Great Wall of China (Miniature only)
  • Lintong
  • Luchow
    • Orchid (Mentioned only)
  • Peking (Miniature only)
  • Shaanxi Province
    • Mount Hua
  • Shanghai
  • Songshan Shaolin Temple
  • Wei Bei plain
  • Xi'an (Mentioned only)
  • Yangtze River (Miniature only)
• Cozán, British Honduras
• East China Sea (Mentioned only)
• Egypt
  • Cairo
    • Muski
  • Giza
  • Great Pyramid
  • Great Sphinx
  • Tomb of Tutankhamun (Mentioned only)
• Gobi Desert (Mentioned only)
• Iraq
  • Lalesh
  • Nineveh
  • Sheikh Adda
  • Tigris River (Mentioned only)
  • Upper Plains
• Iran (Mentioned only)
• Lazarus Island
• Leeds (Mentioned only)
• London (Mentioned only)
• Lubantuun (Mentioned only)
• Manchuria (Mentioned only)
• Manchukuo (Mentioned only)
• Nagasaki (Mentioned only)
• Neith (Mentioned only)
• Okinawa (Mentioned only)
• Oxford (Mentioned only)
• Pakistan (Mentioned only)
  • Indus River (Mentioned only)
• Philippines (Mentioned only)
• Solomon's Temple (Mentioned only)
• Tokyo (Mentioned only)
  • Imperial Palace (Mentioned only)
  • International Hotel (Mentioned only)
• USA
  • Barnett College (Mentioned only)
  • Hollywood (Mentioned only)
  • New York City (Mentioned only)
    • Wall Street (Mentioned only)
  • Claremore, Oklahoma (Mentioned only)
  • Princeton, New Jersey
    • Princeton University
      • McCormick Hall

Artifacts[]

• Ark of the Covenant (Mentioned only)
• Crystal Skull of Cozan
• Crystal Skull of Lubantuun (Mentioned only)
• I Ching (Mentioned only)
• Ivory moon
• Staff of Aaron
• Omega Book

Miscellanea[]

• American Museum of Natural History
• Bedouin (Mentioned only)
• Bible
• Book of the Damned (Mentioned only)
• British Mercantile Bank
• Chi
• Great Depression (Mentioned only)
• Divine Wind
• Halloween (Mentioned only)
• Indy's pistol
• Jackal (Mentioned only)
• Japanese Imperial Army
  • Imperial Army Air Force
• Pan American Airways
• Russo-Japanese War (Mentioned only)
• Service des Antiquités (Mentioned only)
• Silk Road (Mentioned only)
• Snake (Mentioned only)
• Stone Age (Mentioned only)
• Sumerian (Mentioned only)
• Terracotta Army
• Thanksgiving (Mentioned only)
• RMS Titanic (Mentioned only)
• Travelers Aid
• Turkey (bird) (Mentioned only)
• USS Augusta
• Valentine's Day (Mentioned only)
• Yezidi

Behind the scenes[]

In the novel, Indiana Jones states that he'll be turning 35 in 1934, placing the story sometime after the events of Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth but before his birthday on July 1.

Clement Lindley Wragge, a meteorologist known for starting the naming of cyclones, is mentioned as a current friend of Montgomery Bryce, though the historical Wragge died in 1922, twelve years before the events of the book.

Cover gallery[]

Full cover art

USA paperback

German paperback: Indiana Jones und das Geheimnis der Sphinx