The sun disk of atacama
Five hundred years ago, a conquistador stole a disc of solid gold from a shrine in the high Andes: the Sun of Inti, a platter of pure gold with a radiant sun face, sacred to the people who made it. He carried it into Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, and it was never seen again.
Until now.
When thieves steal the copper map plate that points the way to the lost disc, adventurer and archaeologist Drake Calloway follows the trail from a coastal museum across blinding white salt flats, through the rusted ghost town of a dead nitrate empire, and into a tomb cut high into a canyon wall. But Drake is not the only one hunting. Valentina Reyes, elegant, ruthless, and never far behind him, leads a rival expedition bankrolled by billionaire collector Hollis Crane, a man who believes everything on Earth has a price and that he is the one meant to pay it. Her men have trucks, guns, and a helicopter, and their orders are simple: take the disc at any cost.
Traps older than the conquest guard the tomb. A golden decoy waits to fool the greedy. A traitor feeds the enemy every move. And in a desert where it almost never rains, the deadliest storm in a decade is gathering over the mountains.
Drake Calloway does not hunt treasure for money. He hunts for the truth, and this time the truth belongs to the descendants of the people it was stolen from.
The Sun Disc of Atacama is a fast-paced adventure novel of lost gold, desert chases, ancient traps, betrayal, and one man who refuses to let history be sold to the highest bidder. If you love classic adventure with heart, honor, and a race that never lets up, Drake Calloway is waiting for you.
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