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

The explorers were exultant. Although they had not yet had time to reflect on the findings, it was clear that the potential implications were promising for archaeologists. Enthusiastically they continued their advance down the corridor for a time; their eyes found every once in a while traits of human modifications to the tunnel made by nature, carved stairs, holes in the walls perhaps in order to place torches, stone seats for possible sentinels, enlarged side doors to allow the passage of delegations. The enthusiasm of the group was going in crescendo due to the evidence of continued use of the passage in the past. The expeditionaries moved in silence, each focused in his own thoughts and fantasies. 


“Listen!” said Marcelo “the echo of our footsteps is stronger now. Do you notice it?” 


“Perhaps the existence of a broader cavern” replied Octavio “or several caves connected, which might spread the reverberations.” 


Chapter 15.1