A light aircraft is hijacked on its way from India and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, including Conway, a talented British consul. However, upon landing, they are unexpectedly taken to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace and beauty known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Can they escape? And do they even want to? From the author of Goodbye Mr. Chips, this is the epic adventure story of the most fascinating utopia in literature and one of our most enduring literary mysteries.

James Hilton was born in 1900 in Lancashire, the son of a headmaster. His most famous books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr. Chips, were written in the 1930s, a time that brought him great commercial success and immense popularity. Lost Horizon was adapted into a blockbuster Hollywood film in 1937. For a time, Hilton was the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood and won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued to write novels throughout his career. He died in 1954.