Now a major film featuring Robert Pattinson, Charlie Hunnam, and Sienna Miller. A gripping, exciting, and thoroughly captivating adventure story. The tale of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's "The Lost World." Fawcett was one of the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years, he explored the Amazon and became convinced that his jungle concealed a great, complex civilization, akin to El Dorado. Obsessed with this discovery, he named it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett set off into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace. Over the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle in search of evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this gripping true story of deadly obsession, David Grann traces the steps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of exploration's greatest mysteries. A wonderful tale from a lost era of heroic discoveries. Remarkable... a captivating book whose protagonist could surpass Indiana Jones. The greatest story in the world, perfectly told. A fascinating and brilliant book.