The Wreckers by George Makana Clark (Paperback)

Lisbon, 1954. In the Military History Archives, a mysterious figure steals the Final Will and Testament of Garoto Bárbaro de Castro - a list of thirteen bequests, and a record of Garoto's remarkable life story. It is also a window onto the many other lives connected to his, including that of the archival thief: his descendent, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro. After stealing Garoto's Final Will and Testament, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro - artifact hunter, grave robber, fake veterinarian, and agent of Angolan Independence - starts to hunt down the listed artifacts, while also collecting the distant relatives of those mentioned in the Will, even when they don't want to be collected...