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Giordino stared coldly at the coroner "Do you want an identification or not?"

The coroner, a little ray hair, barely knew enough English to understand Giordino, but he nodded silently to his assistant who pulled down the zipper

Loren paled and turned away, but Sandecker moved close beside Giordino

"Is it"

Giordino shook his head "No, it's not Dirk It's that psycho creep, Tupac Amaru"

"Good Lord, he looks as if he was churned through an empty cement mixer"

"Alht "The rapids ainst every rock between here and Cerro el Capirote"

"Couldn't happen to a nicer guy," Giordino muttered acidly

"Somewhere between the treasure cavern and the Gulf," said Duncan, "the river e"

"No sign of another body?" Sandecker asked Hidalgo

"Nothing, senor This is the only one we found, but we have orders to continue the search for the second man"

Sandecker turned away from Amaru "If Dirk hasn't been cast out into the Gulf by now, he round"

"Maybe he ashed up on a beach or a sandbank," offered Shannon hopefully "He ht still be alive"

"Can't you launch an expedition down the subterranean river to find hiers asked the admiral

Sandecker shook his head slowly "I won't send a team of men to certain death"