Akron Public Library

Two American couples, just out of college, enjoy a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in Mexico. On an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group--the young German, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote Mayan ruins, site of a fabled archeological dig. Then the searchers--moving into the wild interior--begin to suspect that there is an insidious, horrific "other" among them.

As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.

A dedicated female archaeologist and a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer must recover priceless South American artifacts that could bring deadly chaos into the world.

It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers ravaged the village of Chupan Ya, raping and killing women and children. Twenty-three victims are said to lie in the well where, twenty years later, Dr. Temperance Brennan and a team from the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation now dig. No records were kept. To their families, the dead are "the disappeared."

Examines the rise and fall of the Mayans in Mesoamerica. Readers will come away with a comprehensive understanding of who the Mayans were, how they built their empire, and what happened to their civilization.

Twelve year old Tigre, one of a band of Maya Indians who live in present-day Yucatan but follow ancient customs and beliefs, must assume responsibility for the family corn crop when his father is injured.

The reader arrives in Mexico to explore a friend's disappearance amid the Mayan ruins and can choose between alternative adventures, each leading to thirty-nine possible endings.

Discusses the religious beliefs and legends of the Mexican and Central American Indians in pre-Hispanic times.