The Wrong Dead Guy

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Coop, a master thief turned reluctant hero, saved the world from an ancient doomsday device and now works for the Department of Peculiar Science, a secret agency that manages the bizarre. His latest assignment from his boss Woolrich involves breaking into a traveling antiquities show to steal a sarcophagus containing the mummy of Harkhuf, a powerful Egyptian wizard. With the help of friends Morty, Giselle, and a half-cat, half-robotic octopus professor, Coop successfully executes the heist. However, when DOPS opens the sarcophagus, they find not a dead mummy but a very much alive one that escapes, wielding unfamiliar magic. Woolrich, frustrated with the mishap, orders Coop to track down Harkhuf. As Coop investigates, he discovers the mummy is searching for an ancient manuscript to resurrect his long-lost lover, a warrior sorceress intent on world domination with her undead armies. Coop would prefer to avoid the chaos, but he faces head-hunting bureaucrats, struggling fortune tellers, undead mailroom clerks, and an unimpressed elephant. With no escape in sight, Coop must embrace his role as a hero once more. If he manages to save the day again, he’ll demand answers—and a raise.