Chapter 1There had been no real warning of the impact. Sophia Morales and her small team of archaeological students were gathered around the entrance to the tunnel that led down to the dig, checking their equipment when the relative silence of the already hot and humid morning was rudely shattered by the impact of the aircraft that had seemingly dropped silently from the sky, almost on top of the group. Their only advance notice of the aircraft's arrival had been a sudden wind rush that warned of the impending impact.
Sophia, Osvaldo, Rafael, and Maricruz barely had time to dive for cover into the tunnel entrance as the blast of the aircraft's impact shook the earth around them. Sophia thought at first that a bomb had exploded close to the excavation. She had little time to think of anyth
