The City of the Condors - Oscar Luis Rigiroli - Bog

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. The search unfolds in the forests of Peruvian highlands.The expedition has attracted the attention of dangerous people who are looking for Paititi by its riches. 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.