Set in a land of earthquakes and towering volcanoes, weaving history with myth, Arauco tells of war, sorcery ... and a love demonstrating that a man can embrace what he was seeking to destroy.When in 1540 Pedro de Valdivia headed south from Peru to conquer lands and gold, he took with him his beautiful mistress, In s de Su rez. With him also rode his secretary, Juan de Carde a, whose hopeless love of In s stems from the same romances that inspired...