Since the time of Cortez, rumors have circulated about a city full of unimaginable treasures hidden in the wild depths of Honduras. Local tribes called it the White City, or the lost city of the Monkey God. Once upon a time, their ancestors fled here to escape the Spanish conquerors. But, the aborigines warned, anyone who entered the sacred city would fall ill and would certainly die. Before World War II, journalist and adventurer Theodore Mord returned from the jungle with many artifacts and the story of how he discovered this amazing city that shocked the scientific world. But due to the suicide of the researcher, no one ever knew where it was located. And now, three quarters of a century later, Douglas Preston, a famous writer, joins a team of scientists and goes in search of him... This book is an exciting, filled with colorful stories, dangerous adventures and dramatic twists of fate, a true story of a direct witness to one of the greatest discoveries of the 21st century.

For the first time in Russian!