King's Curse — Warren Murphy; Richard Sapir

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART!
Civilizations fell when Cortez and his conquistadors landed in the New World. The Mayans, Aztecs, and the Toltec all vanished into the mists of history. But one tribe survived: the Actatl, and what survived with them was their huge stone idol, Uctut -- the sacred rock which demanded blood as sacrifice... human blood.

When the stone is despoiled in a New York museum by a young graffiti freak, the Actatl leaders demand revenge on the despoiler and on the country which gave rise to him.

Their method of extracting vengeance? Simple -- extract the victim's heart.

One of their first victims is a U.S. Congressman! Washington's top secret organization -- CURE -- decides the Actatl are cutting a little too close for comfort and Remo Williams, the Destroyer, and Chiun enter the picture.

Their job: Eliminate the eliminators before they're eliminated themselves.

Remo and Chiun learn that finding the correct answers is not a job for the fainthearted. Especially when it's their hearts which are up for cutting.