Monkey God

Grand Central Publishing · 2017 · Book

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Douglas Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking quest using lidar technology to map the terrain under the rainforest canopy, revealing the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis. Venturing into this raw, treacherous wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, this is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.