The Incas A Novel Author:Daniel J. Peters Daniel Peters has done a prodigious amount of work in reconstructiong the history of one of the most interesting of the peoples inhabiting the Americas, and one of the least known, the Incas of Peru. Using this knowledge brilliantly, he has written a beautiful, tragic, heroic account of their last years, from 1511 to 1530, when these superior In... more »dians were overwhelmed by their Spanish conquerors. It is written with beauty and compassion - an amazing accomplishment and a compelling reading experience.