Roiling conflict, budding romance, and rip-roaring adventure all collide in this novel. Renowned rabble-rouser Jim Kendric is making his way back to town, and the entire community -- including one widely coveted young woman -- is bracing itself for the impact of his arrival. A tale of Aztec treasure--of American adventurers who seek it--of Zoraida, who protects it.

Archeologist and treasure hunter, Nathan Hunter, becomes obsessed when he is called to action after discovering a relic revealing a clue to finding the legendary lost treasure of the Aztec empire hidden five hundred years ago when Spanish Conquistadors ransacked the land. The perilous treasure quest takes Hunter to abandoned Mayan ruins where terrifying challenges await him where he must defeat deadly booby-traps, avoiding Nazi goons, and black marketers hot on his trail. Hunter must solve deadly riddles to discover the secret location of the Aztec treasure. Hunter treasure quest takes him to the ruins of Tikal, Yaxha, Chicken Itza, Yaxchilan, Palenque, and finally to the Altun Ha ruins in Belize

Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes

As Hawk lies on the bottom of the pool paralyzed he realizes the gypsy was right again. How long can he hold his breath before someone notices? Will he be able to pull through this to finish the remaining predictions? Greg Hawk's memoir of a life's adventure takes a drastic turn at the end of a divorce as he listens to a gypsy lady in New Zealand predict things on the path ahead. Every obstacle on his path in life has put him on another tangent of learning and struggle, at times driving him to the edge of defeat. During these years, death seemed to be a constant companion as he witnessed it, as well as facing it personally. As a soldier, a husband, a divorcee, a partner of a successful construction business in Denver, owner of Fantasy Dive Charters in Australia, to being a treasure hunter in the mountains and desert of the Southwest, he faced many self-imposed challenges." Random Tangents is a celebration of a life well-lived, of obstacles overcome, of the triumph of spirit. And let's face it, sometimes a little luck."

While researching an heirloom gold cross in New York City, clues emerge pointing to the location of a lost treasure Cortés stole from the Aztecs. Gideon Riot, his wife Carmelita, Molly, a sweet looking but hardened cowgirl from Tucson, and Sofie, a historian from the New York library travel to México and search for this elusive cache. Their search takes them from New York to an historic church in Tucson and further to a tiny island in México during the early uprisings of their Revolution. The quartet face unimaginable hazards from other treasure hunters, revolutionaries, and a spy in their midst. The Lost Treasure of Cortés is a story of and the incredible turmoil along the U.S./Mexican border at the height of the Mexican revolution, and a search for the lost Aztec treasure.

Join the Search for Lost Treasure First popularized by folklorist and author J. Frank Dobie in his book Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver in 1928, the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings is one of the most mythologized tales of lost treasure on the continent. In the 1860s, Gold was taken from Adams’ canyon in enormous quantities, with nuggets ranging from dust-size to some as large as hen’s eggs, all being plucked from the bottom of a shallow stream. This true story of the Lost Adams Diggings starts with the discovery of the rich deposit of gold in a remote mountain range, and ends with the author’s own story of search and discovery in the twentieth century.

Aztec Gold, starring Alicia Myles, the tempestuous heroine of the bestselling Matt Drake novels, kicks off a rip-roaring new archaeological adventure series from David Leadbeater. One of the world's most famous treasures, hunted for over 500 years. . . The legendary Aztec Gold, a nation's greatest prize and possession, spirited away from under the noses of the conquering Spaniards, finally comes within reach when an old mystery is solved and new clues arise. An all-action mission against deadly enemies. . . With the treasure map in their possession and the mysterious clues to the legendary Wheel of Gold - the inspiration for the fabled Pieces of Eight - waiting to be solved, soldiers, friends and enemies set out on a thrilling quest to find the hidden tombs and a fortune in gold and jewels. From Mexico to Arizona and Nevada, and in style of the Matt Drake series, the action comes fast and furious as Alicia's new team chases one of the most sought-after prizes in history.