Magic was the last thing on Lieutenant Jedediah Faust's mind as he left home to fight in the Mexican-American War, but that was before a cult of sorcerers tried to kill his father and take over the world. Now the cult leaders are after the ultimate prize: a pair of oil lamps that can unlock a gateway between worlds. With the help of a teenage sharpshooter and his father's cantankerous friend, Faust must race from the battlefields of Mexico, to the streets of Paris, to the deserts of Egypt to keep the lamps safe. Along the way, he discovers that his only chance to defeat the sorcerers lies in finding the source of the lamps' power: the lost city of Atlantis.
