Inca Gold

Description:

Nearly five centuries ago a fleet of boats landed mysteriously on an island in an inland sea. There, an ancient Andean people hid a golden hoard greater than that of any pharaoh, then they and their treasure vanished into history -- until now. 1998, the Andes Mountains of Peru. DIRK PITT dives into an ancient sacrificial pool, saving two American archaeologists from certain drowning. But his death-defying rescue is only the beginning, as it draws the intrepid Pitt into a vortex of darkness and danger, corruption and betrayal. A sinister crime syndicate has traced the long-lost treasure -- worth almost a billion dollars -- from the Andes to the banks of a hidden undergound river flowing beneath a Mexican desert. Driven by burning greed and a ruthless bloodlust, the syndicate is racing to seize the golden prize...and to terminate the one man who can stop them: DIRK PITT!

subjects: Smuggling,  Incas,  Dirk Pitt (Fictitious character),  Antiquities,  Fiction,  Open Library Staff Picks,  Collection and preservation,  Adventure stories,  Large type books,  Pitt, dirk (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, action & adventure,  Fiction, suspense,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Children's fiction,  Incas, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction

People: Dirk Pitt (Fictitious character)

Places: Peru,  Mexico

Times: 1998