AfascinatingjourneydowntheTigrisRiver--thelifebloodofhumancivilization--insearchofhistoryandhope.Startingatthesourceofthisstoriedriver,whereancientMesopotamiansandAssyriankingshadtheirimagescarvedintostone,explorerLeonMcCarronandhissmallteamwilljourneythroughtheTurkishmountains,acrossnorth-eastSyriaandintotheheartofIraq.Alongtheway,theywillpassthroughhistoriccitieslikeDiyarbakir,Mosul,andBaghdad.Wewillmeetfishermenandfarmers,alongwithartists,activists,andarchaeologists,whorelyontheflowoftheriver.Occasionallyharassedbymilitias,oftenhelpedbysoldiers,McCarronrodehisluckinareasstilltroubledbyISISandreliedonthegenerosityofanetworkofstrangersashefollowstherivertoitsendinthePersianGulf.ForreadersofSimonWinchester,ErikaFatland,andKevinFedarko,WoundedTigrisisthestoryofwhathumanitystandstolosewiththedeathofagreatriver,andwhatcanbedonetotrytosaveit.
