With the law after him in the States for a murder he hadn't committed and his money running short, journalist Skip Reid needed a story, and fast. While researching an ancient ruin in a small, dusty Mexican town in the mountains outside Guadalajara, Reid naively stumbles upon one -- a dangerous one involving a 25 year old secret of murder, drugs, stolen artifacts, CIA assets, and Itzla, and exotic Mexican beauty who is set on revenge. But being held hostage by a psychotic drug dealer in a small boat in the middle of Lake Chapala, was not what he had in mind. With a .45 aimed at his forehead, Reid is given a choice that could either kill him, or make him very rich.