Wal now compadres, if ya been trackin us ya know we got the Aswad Bahadur ditched in another universe. Our old nemesis Foul Manchu is madder than hops bout it 'n we know he's even now workin on findin more dark force warriors to pit against us. We're hopin though we'll have some time 't work on gettin some of them treasures replaced he's been swipin from us. From all the research Jeffrey, Sam's assistant, has done the most promisin treasures to go after look like those of Nebuchadnezzar. A Bedouin boy discovered some caves while tendin his flock near the Dead Sea. When he was explorin the caves he found a stele. Turns out it belonged 't King Nebuchadnezzar 'n described twelve treasures the old king had looted from twelve countries he'd conquered. Trouble was the directions 't the treasures was writin on scrolls. The stele said there was twelve of 'em but din't give a clue 't where they was. We spent a passel of time findin the scrolls 'n was mighty proud of what we'd done. We was all set 't start bringin the treasures out 't where we could put 'em 't good use 'n got the surprise of our lives. Yep, ya guessed it Foul was onta 't us threw mores surprises at us than ya can imagine. Get yerself ready for lots of time travel cause this adventure is packed full of it. Shore glad yer comin along cause things just ain't the same without ya. Gramps