A life filled with challenges starts for a well-to-do wildlife photographer when his supposedly deceased father shows up drunk and seeking help. Next, on assignment in Mexico’s Yucatan, his Geographica expedition is abandoned in the jungle without supplies or transportation. Surviving resulted in found Mayan gold, but continues to fight greed. Another challenge arises at a retirement reunion, solving a mystery of an abandoned gold mine. A sequel using familiar characters, still fighting greed.