Adam Conrad was orphaned when his parents vanished in the Nicaduran jungle seeking the legendary Treasure of the Jaguar King. Now, twenty years later, he finds himself drawn into the quest for the cursed treasure. Adam's closest friend, a fellow orphan named Atziri, is a young, indigenous woman with a mysterious link to the treasure. Together they follow a trail of danger and betrayal into the uncharted heart of the jungle where danger and death abound and every step could be their last.