La via d'oro - 9788850251582

La via d'oro: Il professor Henry Conklin, durante alcuni scavi archeologici sulle Ande peruviane, porta alla luce una mummia perfettamente conservata, che potrebbe confermare l'esistenza di un'avanzata civiltà precedente agli Inca. Dopo aver lasciato la direzione dei lavori al nipote Sam, Conklin torna negli Stati Uniti per effettuare le analisi di laboratorio. I risultati sono sorprendenti: nel cranio della mummia è presente una sostanza simile all'oro, ma dalla composizione chimica sconosciuta e dalle proprietà sconcertanti... Nel frattempo, Sam e la sua squadra proseguono l'esplorazione del sito e trovano un passaggio segreto che conduce a una necropoli, dove ben presto avvertono una presenza inquietante...
Professor Henry Conklin has waited for this moment for all my life. In the course of archaeological excavations in the Peruvian Andes, has unearthed a perfectly preserved Mummy, which could finally confirm his revolutionary theory: the existence of an advanced indigenous civilizations prior to the Incas. After leaving the direction of the work to his nephew Sam, back in the United States to make the Conklin laboratory analysis, but the results are surprising: the Mummy belongs to a Spanish missionary, lived in the 16th century and, within the the skull is a substance similar to gold, but the chemical composition unknown and puzzling properties ... Meanwhile, in Peru, Sam and his team are continuing the exploration of Precolumbian site and they find a secret passage, which leads to a necropolis excavated in the mountain. Although the place was sealed for hundreds of years, archeologists soon experience a haunting presence, as if someone, or something, it was spreading in the labyrinthine tunnels funerary complex. Then they see it: a shimmering trail into the darkness, as if it were overlaid with gold. And by that time become the prey of a ruthless and cunning enemy, decided to delete them one by one just to keep his precious secret.