Paperback. Pub Date: 1998 Pages: 640 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers A CLASSIC DIRK PITT ADVENTUREA desperate and call for help from a stricken Archaeological Expedition ings Dirk Pitt to a sacred well high in the Andes What he discovers as he attempts to rescue two divers lost in the perilous depths. leads him into deadly confrontation with a band of ruthless art-thieves. who plunder ancient sites for their precious artefacts.Dirk Pitt's extraordinary adventures take him to the fabled Lost City of the Dead. lead him in search of a Spanish galleon washed miles inland by a giant tidal wave centuries before. and eventually set him on the trail of a fabulous hoard of Inca gold. But Pitt will need all his skills and tenacity simply to survive as he races to track down the sacred site - before the richest prize known to man is lost to the world forever ...