Valverde's Gold is a first-hand experience of author Mark Honigsbaum's chase after a legend of lost Inca gold.

The story includes legend, some myth, lost and partial treasure maps, and jungle exploration. Sounds pretty cool, right? Sadly Hongisbaum's journey becomes a confused mess of indistinguishable characters, eventless snippets of his investigation, and ultimately a sadly un-impactful conclusion.

This might have been better if turned into fiction or perhaps a shorter story.

I'm a very big fan of conquest-era Inca and Spanish, but was disappointed by and uninterested in this book. ( )