In Spanish, annotated edition The interesting story of Pedro Chamijo, the false Inca takes in Roberto Payro's writing an amusing tone that cannot hide the tragedy that the Spanish conquistadores ignorance and brutality represented for the native South American tribes. The scenario is the Obispado of Cordoba del Tucuman, sitting in Santiago del Estero city, with jurisdiction over the Tarija zone and the actual argentine provinces of Cordoba, Catamarca, La Rioja, Tucuman, Santiago del Estero, Salta and Jujuy, halfway between the viceroyalties of Peru, with its Potosi of fabulous richess, and Buenos Aires. The action takes place in the early XVII Century, when the Inca empire was a remembrance fresh enough to inspire desperate resucitation intents by the natives, as well as late pilferage efforts by colonial officers. As the plot developes the swindle trick set by Pedro Chamijo Andalusian, orphan, free of moral restraints, smuggled into the Indies and deserter from a famished troop in ord