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Artifact is Mayan!"
Before taking the foundation job, Quinn had run a university e of ancient cultures He fired off a reply to Ferguson: "Mayan is not Chinese Impossible"
A few days later he heard fro"
That night Quinn packed a bag and took the next flight to Hong Kong, where he caught a train to the interior After a bus ride of several hours he arrived at the river just in ti the expedition supplied, Chiang served as postraph office, which explained why the ly slow
Quinn learned that Chiang had visited the site a few days before, which uson's last letter Quinn's anger had been building during the course of his long, hard journey It was only a question of whether he would fire Ferguson before or after he threw hian to wonder if Ferguson had si in the water
Quinn still hadn't decided on a course of action when the boat angled in and bu had been worn down by foot traffic Chiang tied up at a post stuck in the ground, then he and Quinn both grabbed a couple of boxes with supplies and began to walk inland
As they followed a path through high yellow grass, Quinn asked, "How far?"
One finger Quinn figured it to be one hour or oneon both counts One rass had been tramped down in a more or less circular shape
Chiang put down his load and gestured at Quinn to do the same
"Where's the ca for people or tents
Chiang's face was creased in a puzzled frown Tugging at his scraggly beard, he pointed eround
End of a perfect day Quinn fu like a boiled pot, and now his guide was lost Chiang said so in Chinese and motioned for Quinn to follow After a few round A couple of acres of dirt had been turned over
Quinn walked along the periht a roundish object protruding fro away at it with his hands and after a few minutes revealed the head and shoulders of a terracotta soldier He dug some more and found other soldiers
This must be the site, but there
should be about a dozen people here Where the hell was everybody? Chiang glanced fearfully around him "Devils," he said, and ' without another word trotted back toward the river