Brothers & Kings (THE CONQUISTADORS TRILOGY, #1)

Peru, 1532. Francisco Pizarro draws a line in the sand. Twelve men step across it. They're going to conquer an empire of millions.
Sardina is one of them — young, hungry, and blind to the cost of what he's signed up for.

As the small band of conquistadors marches through the Andes toward the court of King Atahualpa, Sardina's discovery of gold seems to confirm their wildest dreams. But the Inca Empire is grander than any of them imagined, and taking it will require a treachery that haunts him...