Danger, treachery, and a phalanx of spirit warriors stand between a team of greedy adventurers and the riches buried beneath the ruins of Tikal.At the turn of the 20th century, a German archaeologist named Teobert Mahler began excavations in an ancient Mayan metropolis in the heart of Guatemala. News of the priceless artifacts of gold, jade, emerald, and alabaster he unearthed sent rumors throughout Europe that the untapped burial chambers at Tikal were bottomless vaults with treasures so valuable that even one well-preserved statue could forever secure the financial fortunes of the person who found itâ€if only one could get there and get back. But reaching the ruins would require traversing swamps and jungles populated by man-eating jaguars, poisonous snakes, tropical diseases, malarial insects, and blood-sucking leeches.In September 1932, a group of Germans arrives in Vera Cruz. Led by Gunthar Gerbach, an ex-military officer, the team includes two archaeologistsâ€but this is no research mission. Financed by a German munitions manufacturer, the sole purpose of the expedition is to plunder the ancient city. Faced with horrifying dangers, hunger, and ghastly deaths, the group begins to splinter. But the ultimate terror awaits the team at Tikal...