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The Vivero Letter,
Although
we start in the pleasant countryside of south western
England we are soon off to South America again, but this
time in the hunt for Mayan gold and the murderers of Jeremy
Wheale's farmer brother.
The surviving Wheale has inherited a curious historical
artifact, one of a pair but he doesn't know it at the time,
which to the initiated points to the location of the hidden
treasure deep in the dense jungle of Quintana Roo.
The stakes are high and it is not only two rival
archaeologists who are on the trail of the gold, but also a
dangerous criminal who recognises an easy profit when he
sees it. In fact everywhere Jeremy Wheale goes he is
confronted with danger, including the band of banished
criminals, called the Chicleros, who roam the jungle ready
to trap any unwary tourists.
Drawing on an extensive knowledge of the unique geology,
fauna and flora of the area Desmond Bagley paints a vivid
picture of the blood sweat and tears of searching through
the inhospitable jungle, diving the water-holes, or
cenotes, for clues as to where they will find the missing
gold, while all the time battling local indians, criminals
and the jungle just to stay alive.