Two brothers. One legend. A country tearing itself apart. Harry Prendergast has no fortune, no prospects, and a wealthy father who will never accept him. All he has is his naval commission, recently ended, and a younger brother eager for adventure. When a stranger mentions the legendary treasure of the Incas, hidden somewhere in the Peruvian mountains, Harry sees his way forward. He can win Hilda Fortescue. He can secure his future. He just needs to find a city that may not exist. Peru in the 1890s is a powder keg. Civil war erupts constantly, foreign interests circle like vultures, and the old Indian ways are dying. Harry and his brother Bertie must travel into the interior with nothing but a letter of introduction to a native muleteer and the faintest rumors of a secret city deep in the jungle. The Spanish came looking for this treasure centuries ago. They tortured and killed. They never found it. This is adventure fiction at its Victorian finest: a story about brothers, risk, and what men will do when they have everything to prove. Perfect for readers who want to get lost in a world of mountains, jungles, and gold.
