An Inca tomb with gold artifacts and an incredibly rare finely woven white tunic was found deep in the South American Andes by a geological expedition searching the area. The Peruvian authorities send a team to examine the find and assure that it is kept intact. The event raises the curiosity of Mr. John Engelhard, CEO and chief shareholder of the New York based Horizon Mining, conducting the mineral exploration in the Andes. A self-made man and billionaire, Engelhard decides to travel to the exploration site, in the Colca area in Peru, to see firsthand the archeological treasure. On the night after his arrival, the campsite is raided and all its members murdered. The treasure disappears. The Museo de la Nacion, in Lima, grieves the disappearance of the priceless objects, especially the loss of the unique white tunic found in the tomb. The museum archeologists refer to this piece of ancient garment as the “Alb,” an allusion to the fabled tunic worn by “Viracocha” the most important deity in the Inca pantheon of gods. According to legend, the alb has the power to protect whoever wears it from “Supay,” the god of death and of the inner world.
A New York detective, Mr. Alan Leary is hired by Mr. Anton Deville, Horizon’s chief attorney, to investigate the crime. The idea of Engelhard, owner of a great fortune, committing the murders to rob the Inca treasure is preposterous. Deville wishes Alan to discover what took place. What could have happened to Engelhard? Was he kidnaped or is he dead and buried somewhere else? Thus begins an adventure extending over three continents, from civilized Manhattan to the high Andes in South America, and through the rivers and forests of the Amazon to its surprising conclusion in Italy.
Alan Leary, un detective de Nueva York, es contratado por Anton Deville, el abogado de Horizon Mining, para investigar el crimen. La idea de que Engelhard, dueño de una gran fortuna, haya cometido los asesinatos para robar el tesoro inca le parece absurda. Deville desea que Alan descubra lo que ocurrió en realidad. ¿Qué le sucedió a Engelhard? ¿Fue secuestrado? ¿O está muerto y enterrado en otro lugar? Así comienza una aventura que se extiende por tres continentes, desde el civilizado Manhattan hasta las cumbres de los Andes en Sudamérica, pasando por los ríos y selvas del Amazonas hasta su sorprendente conclusión en Italia.
It was only four in the afternoon, and the sun was already setting behind the high mountains. Darkness came early in the deep valleys and gorges of Mount Fitz Roy. We had stopped to rest for a moment and still couldn’t see the old estancia truck. We had parked it at the trailhead by the Río de las Vueltas a few days earlier, before starting our trek to reach the Fitz Roy summit. I had already climbed other mountains of this range with my uncle Ignacio. They were easier, less demanding climbs, such as the Aguja Guillaumet and Mermoz. But this was different, the granddaddy of them all. I had been pestering my uncle for years; his response was always the same: “After you enter École Polytechnique.” It was my other dream to study engineering at France’s most prestigious college. I had finally passed the entrance exam, and this was my prize. Prize? I still couldn’t figure out why rock climbing appealed to me as much as it did. Why did I do it? Sure, there was the adrenaline and the feeling of achievement in spite of very difficult odds. But there was also the huge discomfort, the cold, the aching body, and the fear—the ever-present fear. Fear of a misplaced piton that might come loose, a poorly chosen handgrip, falling rocks, and above all, a sudden weather change.
Esta es la historia de Jacque de sus amores y aventuras, una historia de increíble valor y audacia frente a diferentes tipos de peligros y adversidades. Un coraje agudizado por los picos de las montañas que tuvo que conquistar y los caballos que tuvo que domar. Desde salvar a misioneros en América Central y rescatar a personas en las profundidades de la selva amazónica en condiciones imposibles, la historia pasa a luchar contra una despiadada banda de criminales con actividades en Francia y Turquía y persiguiendo terroristas en Oriente Medio. El lector quedará fascinado por el relato y se sumergirá en los mismos ambientes y dificultades que enfrentó Jacques.
The Kurdish Woman is a love story between two characters from very different cultures. John Davenport an American Army Special Forces officer. Arya Sintesi is the beautiful and sophisticated daughter of a Turkish politician, and an Agent of Turkey’s secret service.
This story chronicles the parallel adventures of John Davenport an American Army Special Forces officer and Arya Sintesi, the beautiful and sophisticated daughter of a Turkish politician and an Agent of Turkey’s secret service in which, after a torrid encounter in Istanbul, they are separated.
John has an active career in the Army fighting terrorists in Lybia, Jihadists in France, and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Arya, after marrying Homer, her Turkish diplomat fiancé, moved to Madrid, and was tasked with missions in England, Germany, and Paris. Six years after their initial meeting in Ankara, John and Arya unexpectedly ran into each other at which occasion, John found out that they had a daughter.
John was promoted as Attaché to Tel Aviv, and took part in Israeli missions in Southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip. He was deployed undercover to Jordan. After a few years, Arya’s husband passed away and she returned to Turkey. Back home she was arrested during a covert operation in northwest Syria, was tortured and jailed in Tadmore prison, Palmyra. After returning from Jordan, John discovered that the Syrians had arrested Arya. He is going to move heaven and earth in an attempt to try to save her.
