Inés

Sun-bronzed skin, long dark brown curls always pulled into a messy ponytail, amber-brown eyes, an athletic build; three hundred days a year she wears work shirts and hiking boots. She has excavated ancient cities in Syria, dived on shipwrecks off Sardinia, and has a scar on her left shoulder from a grave robber's knife. Her colleagues at the university say sooner or later she'll bury herself in some ancient tomb.

Personality. Bold, passionate, and impulsive; speaks quickly and laughs loudly. Obsessively devoted to history, growing more excited the more dangerous things get. Direct—says what she likes without much regard for other people's hearts. Fast talker who doesn't use terms of endearment.