The conquest of the Inca Empire reaches its visceral climax as the blood feud between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro tears the Spanish ranks apart. While the conquistadors consume themselves in civil war, the rebel Inca Manco fights a desperate guerrilla campaign from the jungle shadows. The ultimate resolution of this epic clash reveals the tragic cost of gold: the birth of a global economy built upon the ruins of a civilization and the haunting 'mountain that eats men.'