A Perilous Journey (ePub)

A group of American friends decide to go away on vacation to an exotic place in Peru, South America. They stay at the only hotel available in Tuncucu; an old castle built by the Spaniards during the conquest. That far-flung spot is nestling in the Andes but not away from the tropical jungle of the Amazon lying on the other side. There, they find the ruins of a seemingly extinc civilization. The old castle is apparently haunted but real trouble begins when they go on a excursion to the jungle on the other side of the mountains.

'....We turned left and then right. Then we went down another flight of stairs and we finally walked into the death chamber, where thousands of skulls had been piled up 4-meter high on wooden racks set up on both sides of that long, underground hall. The edge of the racks had been covered by strips of gold sheet with hieroglyphics written on them. At the end of the chamber, right in front of us, there was a stone ledge that jutted out of the wall in the manner of a shelf, on which there were three small pyramids made up of crania.

In the flickering light of the torches, their eyes mysteriously sparkled. Coming up closer, we all noticed that what really shone in the crania pyramids were in fact diamonds that had been set in the skulls sockets.

"Wow! They sparkle because they are diamonds!" John said, ogling at the sparkling sight.

"We are rich!" Alexander said. "I'll never forget this trip!"....'