The Aztec Treasure-House

A scholar-turned-adventurer arrives in Mexico with only his books and theories, seeking a lost Aztec city that legend whispers still exists somewhere in the mountains. With Fray Antonio, a monk whose lifelong study of indigenous cultures has made him something less than orthodox, and Pablo, a young Indian boy who knows the land in ways no foreigner ever could, he pursues the hidden city of Culhuacan and its fabled treasure. The journey tests not just his scholarship but his courage as they navigate jungle, mountain, and the secrets that locals guard too carefully. What they seek is more than gold: it is the key to understanding a civilization that defied conquest. Written in the swashbuckling tradition of late 19th-century adventure fiction, this is a tale of excavation in every sense, unearthing both treasure and the complex legacy of Mexico's pre-Columbian past.