A twisting thriller that spans from a forbidden Mayan island to the opium fields of Afghanistan.
Biologist Dr. David Knight is a lucky man. He has been granted special permission to survey Xulakan—the forbidden island of the Mayan people. At the volcanic island’s birth in the Gulf of Mexico, it rose from the sea looking like a smoking pyramid, almost as if it were a fiery, holy temple. Mayan high priests immediately declared Xulakan to be sacred ground, so it was never inhabited or visited by the ancient people.
Legend and fear have kept it strictly off limits for centuries. When Dr. Knight arrives, he senses eyes watching him—human eyes—and he is about to discover a world of lethal secrets. Soon, he begins to realize he might not live to tell the tale . . .
A novel of corruption and greed that detours through Afghanistan and the opium trade, and follows the adventures of a ruthless government intelligence agent known as the Viper, this is an edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of Deadly Cargo, a former Special Forces soldier and wilderness survival expert.
