The Find — William Alan Rieser

The Find is the first novel in The Chronicles of Zusalem. Harry Klein is hired by an eccentric millionaire to investigate a mysterious chamber recently located under the ancient palace ruins at Tiahuanaco, Bolivia. Standing above the site is the elaborate Gate of the Sun, where Viracocha rides above a secreted sanctuary. Nearby, in the Cradle of the Jaguar, an evil force takes an interest in the affair, opposing a matching force inside the chamber. Klein and his crew are swept into a powerful drama as beings, previously thought mythological, vie for supremacy and possession of the chamber's vast secrets. With the timely assistance of a mild, innocuous looking Hindu mystic, the explorers are forced to fight an impossible enemy that plays by esoteric rules. The mayhem is non-stop and carries them into a stunning, vivid reality where they are transformed by the chamber into becoming its protectors.