Ronald Wright is the award-winning author of nine books, both fictional and non-fictional. His A Short History of Progress was the best-selling book in the 50-year history of the prestigious CBC Massey Lecture Series, winning the Libris Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year. It was also adapted into a documentary film by Martin Scorsese. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, was chosen as a book of the year by the New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Globe and Mail and others. Born in England, Wright has travelled across the globe, but he makes his home on Canada’s West Coast.

The Gold Eaters

Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history’s throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders. He becomes an indispensable translator between the two worlds, who must learn political gamesmanship in order to survive and so that he can one day find the love of his life and be reunited with his family.