Published: March 27, 2012
Words: 82,967 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476050058

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Arla Vaughn: Pre-Columbian Treasure Series – the Inca. While traveling on a local bus in Chinchero, Peru, Arla is approached by a mysterious female peddler who shows her a small, silver warrior. The statue is identical to those found only in rare Inca tombs located high in the Andes. Arla suspects this is a genuine artifact, perhaps stolen from the same Capacocha burial site her co-worker,

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Arla Vaughn: Pre-Columbian Treasure Series – the Inca.

While traveling on a local bus in Chinchero, Peru, Arla is approached by a mysterious female peddler who shows her a small, silver warrior. The statue is identical to those found only in rare Inca tombs located high in the Andes. Arla suspects this is a genuine artifact, perhaps stolen from the same Capacocha burial site her co-worker, Lance Hayden, is seeking. When the woman tells her she has many more items for sale, Arla follows her to an abandoned house. Too late, Arla realizes she has fallen into a trap!

Arla gets kidnapped by a group of ruthless thieves who are holding Lance Hayden hostage. They believe Arla’s in possession of a journal, which is the final link to the Lost City and the secret it holds…

Death lurks, biding its time… This is a race against time that takes Arla to a snowy mountain peak and a clash with the looters for the most priceless treasure of all – the golden condor!

The second book i.. (Read more) Arla Vaughn: Pre-Columbian Treasure Series – the Inca.

While traveling on a local bus in Chinchero, Peru, Arla is approached by a mysterious female peddler who shows her a small, silver warrior. The statue is identical to those found only in rare Inca tombs located high in the Andes. Arla suspects this is a genuine artifact, perhaps stolen from the same Capacocha burial site her co-worker, Lance Hayden, is seeking. When the woman tells her she has many more items for sale, Arla follows her to an abandoned house. Too late, Arla realizes she has fallen into a trap!

Arla gets kidnapped by a group of ruthless thieves who are holding Lance Hayden hostage. They believe Arla’s in possession of a journal, which is the final link to the Lost City and the secret it holds…

Death lurks, biding its time… This is a race against time that takes Arla to a snowy mountain peak and a clash with the looters for the most priceless treasure of all – the golden condor!

The second book in the series begun with The Mayan Mask of Death.
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Review by: Susan Ashcraft on May 12, 2012 :
Arla Vaughn is an assistant Dean at the Chicago University. At the end of the month, she is to join her friend Lance Hayden, head of the archaeology department at the university, in Peru. She hasn't been able to reach him for a few weeks and is growing more concerned as each day passes. When she is called to Chicago Memorial Hospital by Ted Langston, a man she has never met and who has been hit by an unknown driver, her concern turns to dread. She is given a deathbed commission by this man, entrusted with information that is imperative to Lance, if she can find him alive.
Traveling to Peru early, she is waylaid and kidnapped by thugs who want the information she has. She is rescued and left at the police station, but she doesn't know who she can trust. The situation gets red hot as more people enter the picture. Arla has to trust someone but is she trusting the right person?
From the start, the book drew me in. An interesting locale, a feisty smart heroine and a good mystery story that keeps you guessing until the end are some of the highlights.
I didn't like that Arla, who is supposedly a smart woman, would trust some of the people that she did. With what was happening in the story, that didn't make sense to me.
I did love the diversity of characters, the Peruvian locale and the knowledge of Peruvian culture and people that were an integral part of the story.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Deb Novack on May 02, 2012 :
idnapped, shot at, lied to and not sure who to trust, on top of everything else she must find out if her missing friend is dead or alive. This is a book that I read in two days, because I could not put it down. I must get the rest of the Pre-Columbian Treasure Series to continue the jArla Vaughn is an archeologist that is drawn into a search for the Golden Condor of the Inca's by a man she didn't know from his death bed. When Arla arrives in Peru she is kourney. This author has a wonderful grasp of the history and the geography of the area.

Thank you for letting me read and review this wonderful book.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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