Web of the Golden Spider

Wilson arrives in a South American city hunting treasure and finds himself trapped in a revolution. The deposed queen's forces and the republican insurgents are locked in a brutal struggle for the nation's soul, but Wilson cares only about one thing: the woman he loves has been stolen by a mysterious priest with his own plans for the legendary gold of El Dorado. What follows is a breakneck journey from corrupt city streets to a mutinous sea voyage, finally scaling the remote slopes of the Andes where ancient secrets lurk beneath Lake Guadiva. Bartlett writes with the kind of relentless momentum that made pulp adventure irresistible, piling complication upon complication while never losing sight of the beating heart at its center: a man who will cross a continent and risk everything for love. If you've ever wanted to disappear into a book where heroes are heroic, villains are villainous, and the treasure is real, this is your ticket.