Wendy Murray, a seasoned, award-winning and well-traveled journalist, lived in Honduras for four years where she worked as the regional reporter for Time magazine. She traveled to Copán numerous times to report the discoveries recounted in this novel, interviewing extensively the team of archaeologists on site. Her work has taken her also to the jungles of Peru where visited an Amazonian tribe. She has also woven both experiences into this captivating novel. This is her eleventh book.