Kim Fay - Yellow Babilon

It is 1925: the trade in art treasures is primarily the privilege of men, but no one knows this world better than the young Irene Blum. He is unfairly denied the position of chief curator of a Seattle museum, but he does not accept defeat. When he comes into possession of a map that may lead to the copper scrolls hiding the history of the ancient Khmer civilization, he immediately realizes that this discovery can not only restore his professional reputation, but also be the biggest archaeological sensation of the century. So he embarks on a journey fraught with tension and secrets from Seattle through Shanghai and Saigon to the depths of the Cambodian rainforest. He has strange companions in the person of a communist art treasure robber, a dedicated archaeologist and a handsome bar owner with a mysterious past. As the members of the expedition leave the civilized world farther and farther behind them, they come to more and more amazing realizations, and their journey becomes more and more dangerous. It seems that everyone in this part of the globe has something to hide, but what they finally discover not only changes history, but also solves the biggest mysteries of their own lives.