The Deadly Curse of Toco-rey
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| Author | Frank Peretti |
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| Series | Cooper Kids Adventure series |
| Genre | Suspense, Adventure |
| Publisher | Word Publishing |
Publication date | 05-1996, 2005 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 150 (6 pg excerpt from Desert Stone) |
| ISBN | 0-8499-3644-6 |
| LC Class | PZ7.P4254 De |
| Preceded by | The Secret of the Desert Stone |
| Followed by | The Legend of Annie Murphy |
The Deadly Curse of Toco-Rey is a young adult fiction story written by seasoned veteran of the thriller genre Frank E. Peretti.
Toco-Rey has all the elements of an Indiana Jones tale mixed up with Stephen King fantasy/horror and tied up with a good dose of religion. In this Cooper Kids adventure novel, Dr Cooper and his two children Jay and Lila are out to retrieve the lost treasure of Kachi-Tochetin (Toco-Rey), hidden somewhere in a Central American jungle and to find out what happened to another search team that died mysteriously. They find more than treasure, however, and dig up a fatal curse as well, which threatens to end all of their lives prematurely.
Plot
Dr. Jake Cooper meets with a man at the Langley Memorial Art Museum in New York. He wishes to hire Dr Cooper to retrieve valuable artwork from Central America that was recovered from the tomb of Toco-Rey, an Olteca king who died nearly 1200 years ago. Dr Ben Cory was sent to find the city, following a map left by Jose de Carlon, who rediscovered the city in 1536, but whose men succumbed to madness shortly thereafter. Cory is also missing.