The New World, 1545 Vanquished by the Spanish Empire, little remained of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. From the ashes of their cities, a unified legend emerged: their conquerors possessed a mysterious object, an artifact so powerful--so deadly--that it came to be known as "the Death Relic." Yucatan Peninsula, present day When Maria Pelati's research team disappears in Mexico, she calls Jonathon Payne and David Jones, who...