"[DR. JESSE CARTER] 35, Alice's "soon to be ex"-husband, he's a famous, prominent professor of archeology who apparently cheated on Alice but wants to rekindle their relationship and has refused to sign divorce papers. Determined to win Alice back, he immediately takes a disliking to Mark, whom he accuses of horning in on his territory, and the two men nearly come to blows on more than one occasion. Still, Jesse's on the good guys' side, and his skills deciphering hieroglyphics prove valuable. Once he finds himself face to face with Anubis, a statue that's come to life and devours all in its path, he offers up the protective amulet to save his own skin and becomes a crazed, violent, hate-filled creature Alice doesn't even recognize...LEAD NAMES PREFERRED"