Jetta FitzGerald is an American school teacher who comes to the jungles of Peru to find her missing missionary brother. She hires her brother's friend, Conrado Nievez as her guide.Conrado has been raised since childhood by a native tribe in the jungle after the death of his treasure hunting parents. When his parents died in the cursed Cave of the Condor, Conrado was found outside the cave with the condor hovering over him. Because of this, the tribe took him in, saying he was the boy of the prophecy.Conrado can't bring himself to tell Jetta her brother is dead, killed by a poisonous dart from his own blowgun, tho he can't remember what happened.The jungle is a dangerous place, and something . . . or someone lurks behind every tree, just waiting to strike out and kill.