Treasures of the sun /
Theodore V. Olsen.
- Large print edition.
- 336 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
- Sagebrush western large print. .
It is 1922, and Sir Wilbur Tennington has come upon a rare memoir, written by one of Francisco Pizarro's conquistadores in Peru in the 16th century, that gives 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. Sire Wilbur engages Christopher Fallon as his field guide and plans an expedition into the wilderness of the Andes. Accompanying them is Luis Valera, a professor or archaeology at the University of California, and his most promising student, Marcelina O'Day. Their quest is fraught with dangers; from a tribe of Andean headhunters undisturbed by civilisation, to a modern wealthy Spaniard laying claim to the treasure. Their journey is at once a compelling adventure and a spiritual odyssey into the past.