For fans of The Lost City of Z, The River of Doubt, and Lost in
Shangri-La--a real-life Indiana Jones story, set in the mysterious
jungles of Honduras.
"I began to daydream about the jungle...."
On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde
(who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about
the perilous journey that lay ahead of him.
Deep inside "the little Amazon," the jungles of Honduras's Mosquito
Coast--one of the largest, wildest, and most impenetrable stretches of
tropical land in the world--lies the fabled city of Ciudad Blanca: the
White City. For centuries, it has lured explorers, including Spanish
conquistador Herman Cortes. Some intrepid souls got lost within its
dense canopy; some disappeared. Others never made it out alive. Then, in
1939, Theodore Morde claimed that he had located this El Dorado-like
city. Yet before he revealed its location, Morde died under strange
circumstances, giving credence to those who believe that the spirits of
the Ciudad Blanca killed him.
In Jungleland, Christopher S. Stewart seeks to retrace Morde's steps
and answer the questions his death left hanging. Is this lost city real
or only a tantalyzing myth? What secrets does the jungle hold? What
continues to draw explorers into the unknown jungleland at such terrific
risk? In this absorbing true-life thriller, journalist Christopher S.
Stewart sets out to find answers--a white-knuckle adventure that
combines Morde's wild, enigmatic tale with Stewart's own epic journey to
find the truth about the White City.
