The condor is a magnificent observer: he sees the children working in the fields, high in the Andes of Bolivia, he watches the miners extracting ore from the bowels of the earth, and he wonders at the jeep plunging over the hairpin turn into the gorge.

The reader will also see and watch and wonder as the narrative of construction expertise intertwines with the tale of involvement with Che Gueverra followers.

Ancient ruins on the Alto Plano, outlying military fortifications of the Incas, and Peace Corp work projects provide a rich and varied background for this account of life in 1960s Bolivia, as modern engineers mix with the indigenous peoples.

Throughout this richly overlaid chronicle runs the story of greed, intrigue, and murder, as well as friendship and love.