If you love historical thrillers, this novel will cut your breath from the beginning.
 A 10th century saga narrates the arrival of a Viking castaway to the Mayan cities. He is accepted as an avatar of the God Kukulkan and marries a Maya Princess
A genetic thread links those misty characters with a young Mexican archaeologist and through her with the members of an expedition set to find El Gran Paititi, legendary lost city of the Incas. Myths about lost civilizations are recurrent in all cultures because they exert an irresistible romantic attraction on the human soul. The search unfolds first in the Amazonian jungle between Peru and Brazil and in the forests of Peruvian highlands afterwards.
The expedition has attracted the attention of dangerous people led by a former Soviet intelligence officer who are looking for Paititi by its riches to put them at the service of a world power restoration project. 
Finally, a strange millennial group of alleged descendants of the Incas intends to expel all foreigners who pollute their sacred site which they seek to preserve for the day of the resurrection of the vast Empire.
All these elements interact in the novel, creating a climate of sustained suspense and anxiety until the final climax.

The Mythical City

At that moment an intense roar shook the bowels of the mountain; the seemingly unshakable walls trembled as if they were pieces of paper, the calm of the underground river waters curled in a furious waves; the rafts oscillated on the crest of the waves, embarking water, throwing some objects outboard, some of which sank while others floated to the edge of the rafts; one of the rowers, who was peering above the outboard fell heavily into the water. 


Despair and confusion momentarily dominated the crew, impressed by the sudden rupture of the calm of the liquid universe. Then, calm returned as suddenly as it had evaporated before. McPherson and the other crew member helped the rower back onto the boat. Teresa, who had held terrified to the gunwale, loosened somewhat the tension. For a few moments no one dared to talk, until they could be certain that the event was over. The nervous silence was finally broken by McPherson. 


Chapter 14.1