Juan Cabrillo, chasing the remains of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, makes a shocking discovery. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to a small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition, and a curse that seems to have survived for over five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not...the only reward is death. Clive Cussler is the author of Corsair and The Wrecker, among others.