The#1NewYorkTimesandWallStreetJournalbestseller,namedoneofthebestbooksoftheyearbyTheBostonGlobeandNationalGeographic:acclaimedjournalistDouglasPrestontakesreadersonatrueadventuredeepintotheHonduranrainforestinthisrivetingnarrativeaboutthediscoveryofalostcivilization--culminatinginastunningmedicalmystery.SincethedaysofconquistadorHern獺nCort矇s,rumorshavecirculatedaboutalostcityofimmensewealthhiddensomewhereintheHonduraninterior,calledtheWhiteCityortheLostCityoftheMonkeyGod.IndigenoustribesspeakofancestorswhofledtheretoescapetheSpanishinvaders,andtheywarnthatanyonewhoentersthissacredcitywillfallillanddie.In1940,swashbucklingjournalistTheodoreMordereturnedfromtherainforestwithhundredsofartifactsandanelectrifyingstoryofhavingfoundtheLostCityoftheMonkeyGod-butthencommittedsuicidewithoutrevealingitslocation.Threequartersofacenturylater,bestsellingauthorDougPrestonjoinedateamofscientistsonagroundbreakingnewquest.In2012heclimbedaboardarickety,single-engineplanecarryingthemachinethatwouldchangeeverything:lidar,ahighlyadvanced,classifiedtechnologythatcouldmaptheterrainunderthedensestrainforestcanopy.Inanunexploredvalleyringedbysteepmountains,thatflightrevealedtheunmistakableimageofasprawlingmetropolis,tantalizingevidenceofnotjustanundiscoveredcitybutanenigmatic,lostcivilization.Venturingintothisraw,treacherous,butbreathtakinglybeautifulwildernesstoconfirmthediscovery,Prestonandtheteambattledtorrentialrains,quickmud,disease-carryinginsects,jaguars,anddeadlysnakes.Butitwasn’tuntiltheyreturnedthattragedystruck:Prestonandothersfoundtheyhadcontractedintheruinsahorrifying,sometimeslethal-andincurable-disease.Suspensefulandshocking,filledwithcolorfulhistory,hair-raisingadventure,anddramatictwistsoffortune,THELOSTCITYOFTHEMONKEYGODistheabsolutelytrue,eyewitnessaccountofoneofthegreatdiscoveriesofthetwenty-firstcentury.
