The Breath of Cerro Rico

By Don Tadeo Bufo

In the shadow of Cerro Rico-the richest silver mountain of the 1700s-a Jesuit priest descends into the mines, only to discover not wealth, but a false prophet and a hymn that demands blood. When a devastating collapse traps survivors beneath the earth, Father Alonso must guide his fractured remnant through darkness, where faith is tested by hunger, zealotry, and the living breath of the mountain itself. At the center of their struggle lies Serrano, a fever-stricken boy whom Duarte, a mad zealot, proclaims the "chosen lamb" of sacrifice. Torn between love and survival, loyalty and betrayal, the survivors must decide whether to resist Duarte's frenzied prophecy or surrender to it. Each echo of stone, each flicker of candlelight, draws them closer to the final confrontation-where silence and song, priest and prophet, will meet in a chamber that demands its own sacrifice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FQ3TCLDX
• ISBN13: 9798263922184
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"