Treasures of the sun : a south-western story
(Book)

It is 1922, and Sir Wilbur Tennington has come upon a rare memoir written by one of Francisco Pizarro's conquistadores in 16th-century Peru, giving the location of a lost Incan city called Haucha. It is believed that the Incas had concealed a fabulous treasure behind Haucha's fortress walls before their empire was destroyed by the invading Spanish. Sir Wilbur engages Christopher Fallon as his field guide and plans an expedition with Luis Valera, a professor of archeology at the University of California, and his most promising student, Marcelina O'Day. Their quest is faught with contrasting dangers: from freezing elevations to tropical rainforests and volcanic deserts; from a tribe of Andean headhunters undisturbed by civilization to a modern wealthy Spaniard laying claim to the treasure.