Empire of Gold

Empire of Gold is a adventure, action, historical novel written by Andy McDermott. It was originally published in 2011. The book is the seventh in Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series, sequel of The Sacred Vault and followed by Temple Of The Gods.

Summary
A RUMOR OF RICHES. A MAZE OF MURDER. AND THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS, SOUGHT-AFTER PRIZE.

Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase possess extraordinary pieces of an ancient puzzle that leads them from Singapore to the jungles of South America. Inside a storm of political and drug warfare, Nina is getting close to one of history’s greatest secrets: the mythical golden city of El Dorado. As one discovery unveils another, Nina realizes that a legendary Incan leader made a deal with his Spanish captors—and hid forever the real El Dorado. Now, Nina and Eddie face a maze of death traps and betrayals, including one that reaches into Eddie’s past in Afghanistan, even into his own family in England. Behind a waterfall in Peru is an unfound wonder of the world. And to get there, Nina and Eddie may have to sacrifice everything: their friends, their love for one another, even their lives.

Plot
In Afghanistan, a young Eddie is travelling at night on a helicopter with a group of special forces soldiers. Eddie is obviously bothered by Hugo's speeches. After a conversation about their fathers, Stikes says to have am undercover MI6 officer, held hostage by the Talibans. Their mission is to return safe and retrieve the spy who must have information about al-Qaeda and certainly knows Osama's hidey-hole. A few minutes later, he and his men dive from a helicopter with weapons in hand. Cautious, the team begins to move towards the abandoned farm in the desert.

In England, Eddie sees a boat approach the quay, after the funeral of his grandmother. He sees Elizabeth, Holly and his father with Julie. Elizabeth tells him that the police is looking for him for murder. Eddie wanted to see his grandmother for the last time. Eddie says that Mac died because Larry told Stikes that Nina was looking for El Dorado. Larry blames him and Eddie gives him a punch in the face. Eddie sees the shock and shame in his family and runs away.

Characters

 * Nina Wilde — The story's main protagonist.
 * Eddie Chase
 * Bob Jackson
 * Jason Starkman
 * Mac
 * Hugo Castille
 * Alexander Stikes
 * Kevin Baine
 * Will Green
 * Holly
 * Elizabeth
 * Julie
 * Larry Chase