La Ciudad Perdida del Dios Mono (Spanish Edition)

La Ciudad Perdida del Dios Mono (Spanish Edition)

by Douglas Preston

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326 pages~5.4 hr readPublished by RANDOM HOUSEPublished 2018-06-29

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Perfect for you if...

  • You love true adventure stories where the real danger arrives after the expedition ends, not during it.
  • You're drawn to unsolved mysteries and the possibility that indigenous warnings about cursed places might have substance.
  • You enjoy narrative non-fiction that weaves together history, archaeology, and personal stakes without sensationalising.

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  • You want a straightforward treasure-hunting narrative without the unsettling medical mystery that dominates the second half.
  • You prefer your non-fiction tightly focused on a single timeline rather than jumping between Cortés, Theodore Morde's 1940 expedition, and Preston's modern team.
  • You're looking for a book that resolves all its questions neatly. Preston leaves genuine uncertainties about the curse and the illness.

About this book

A 500-year-old legend tells of a lost city with immense riches hidden somewhere in Honduras, known as the Ciudad Blanca or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous peoples speak of ancestors who fled there to escape Spanish conquistadors and warn that anyone entering this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, American journalist Theodore Morde returned from the jungle with hundreds of ancient objects, claiming to have found the Ciudad Blanca, but he died by suicide without revealing its location. Three-quarters of a century later, Douglas Preston joined a team of explorers on a new expedition. Using an old single-engine plane and advanced laser technology, they discovered the unmistakable image of a metropolis hidden within dense jungle foliage. Venturing into this wilderness, Preston and the research team faced torrential rains, quicksand, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and snakes. Upon their return, tragedy struck: Preston and others discovered they had contracted a serious illness from the ruins. This account documents one of the major discoveries of the twenty-first century, combining adventure, exploration, and unexpected consequences.

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