It's a new metal detected by the Spaceborn Imaging Satellites (SIS), who've labeled it the blood-red resolution matrix.

The problem for Dayklan Inc. is that The Mentlic Group has already reached and fortified the site-possession being nine-tenths of the law. Is the new discovery worth a corporate war?

United Courier Service's Dave Wilcox must transport three hard-won specimens from the ancient Incan stronghold of Machu Picchu to Cuzco, little suspecting that death and destruction are destined to be his constant companions on each and every step of his danger-fraught journey.

WILLIAM MALTESE has written over 150 books of psychological case studies, romance, adventure/espionage, sci-fi & fantasy, erotica, western, and horror, including many other novels published by Borgo Press. He's best known for his engaging Stud Draqual Mystery Series.