The Lost City of the Monkey God is very heavy in historical detail – sometimes the medical and scientific facts make the selection slow to read and a little dry. I thought there were many connections to our current pandemic, even though the disease is different. (The exploration of this area continues even today.) The story also details a disease that many of the scientists/writers contracted while in the country – a disease that is not common in the U.S., but is common in many parts of the world – leishmaniasis. But the site that they eventually discover is wonderful and has not been touched by humans in hundreds of years. There are also deadly snakes, disease-carrying insects, torrential rains, howler monkeys and more. The journey is treacherous and drug cartels control most of the country. This novel tells about the legend of a lost city of hidden wealth in the Honduran interior and how a group of scientists, archaeologists and explorers discovered a hidden cache in the rainforest jungles of that country in 2012. (Preston is co-author with Lincoln Child of the famed FBI agent Pendergast series of novels, but has also written for National Geographic, American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian and others.) I decided to delve into a non-fiction book for this week’s blog – The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston.
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