Артикул: p6719422
Характеристики
- Год издания:2020
- Жанр: Книги на английском языке
- ISBN:978-1-5387-3718-7
- Переплет: Мягкий переплёт
- Формат: 152x229 мм
- Вес: 490 г
Описание
A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death.
She brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, a rictus of horror frozen on his face. On the corpse lies a sixteenth century Spanish gold cross of immense value.
When they at last identify the body—and the bizarre cause of death— Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on one of the most defining, frightening, and transformative moments in American history.