Cedric Daurio

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

They planned the entry to the chamber that housed the remains and belongings of an important Inca dignitary, presumably Tarco Huaman. McPherson would access through the conventional entry, passing by the lake and back from the headwaters of the river that drained into the former, with the bulk of human staff and technical equipment, including means of manual excavation, transportation, classification and disposal of archaeological objects, filming, and last but important, food and drinks to let them spend enough time at the heart of the mountain. Teresa and Lupita were in this group. 


Chapter 18.1