The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

In 2012, Preston joined a group of scientists, archaeologists, photographers and film producers who traveled to La Mosquitia, an unexplored and dangerous region of Central American jungle. They faced floods, mountains, jaguars, deadly snakes, disease-carrying insects and other similar challenges. They brought along a new piece of NASA-owned laser technology known as LIDAR or Light Detection and Ranging, which confirmed a sprawling metropolis inhabited around the same time as the Mayan civilization in modern-day Mexico. Their intent was to map the city as well as explore and protect its rumored riches.

Sadly, I never really got into this book. It should have been exciting. But it ended up being a seemingly disconnected, ramble though history, the jungle and the technology involved. This book is marketed on sensationalism and thrill-seeking adventure, but in reality it's a lot less Indiana Jones and more of a discussion on realities of modern-day archaeological expeditions.

For me, I'm sorry to say, it was better to let sleeping monkey gods lie.