Bandit's gold

the long version

When Joe Flint meets Matt Harper and Pete Brogan, he cannot help but be enticed by their tales of gold and mystery. They tell him of a legendary Mexican leader who reigned during the civil war, funding his leadership through a criminal network. Drawn in by the promise of fortune, he follows his two new friends who are determined to find out the truth about the fort where the Mexican leader lived. But, along the way, they are attacked. Flint learns too late that he has put himself in the hands of madmen. Will he find his fortune? Or has Flint got himself into a situation too dangerous to get out of alive? - Publishers description.