Conquistadors of the Mesa Verde

Clyde LeBouef is a tortured soul with a haunted past. Having survived the horrors of the Vietnam War, he returns home to Louisiana, desperate to reclaim some semblance of a normal life. But peace proves elusive. His wife, exhausted and heartbroken by his unraveling state, pleads with him to seek out help-real help.At her urging, Clyde agrees to undergo a hypnotherapy session unlike any other, orchestrated by a powerful Witch. Under her spell, Clyde is thrust into a vision more vivid than memory, and more ancient than dream. He becomes someone else entirely.Cristobal Trujillo, a Conquistador captain, fearless and hungry for glory, sails to the New World, drawn by legends of gold and eternal fame. With a hardened crew, and a cryptic Native guide, he sets off on an epic expedition, deep into uncharted wilderness. Their journey twists through peril and revelation, into the sacred homeland of a people untouched by time.As Clyde relives the Captain's triumphs and tragedies, the boundary between past and present begins to blur. The echoes of this forgotten legend stir something within him-a forgotten truth, veiled since time immemorial. The legacy of his ancient counterpart reverberates forward, illuminating the dark corners of Clyde's fractured soul, and in the shadow of that overwhelming darkness, a lost light begins to rise.