A grand mystery reaching back again centuries. A sensational disappearance that produced headlines all over the world. A search for truth that leads to death, madness or disappearance for those who seek to solve it. The Shed City of Z is usually a blockbuster adventure narrative about what lies under the impenetrable jungle canopy from the Amazon.

After stumbling upon a concealed trove of diaries, acclaimed New Yorker writer David Grann attempt to solve ‘the very best exploration mystery from the twentieth century’: about The Shed City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon What happened to the Uk explorer Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Shed Town of Z?

In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find a historical civilization, hoping to make perhaps one of the most important discoveries ever sold. For years and years Europeans thought the world’s largest jungle hidden the glittering kingdom of Un Dorado. Thousands experienced died looking for it, leaving many scientists convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett, whose daring expeditions helped motivate Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, had spent years building his scientific case. Fascinating the creativity of millions around the world, Fawcett embarked along with his twenty-one-year-old kid, determined to prove that this historic civilization-which he dubbed “Z”-been around. Then he and his expedition vanished.

Fawcett’s fate-and the tantalizing hints he left out about “Z”-became an obsession for hundreds who followed him into the uncharted wilderness. For decades scientists and adventurers have searched for proof Fawcett’s party and the lost City of Z. Countless possess perished, been captured by tribes, or gone mad. As David Grann delved ever deeper in to the secret surrounding Fawcett’s mission, and the higher mystery of what lies within the Amazon, he found himself, just like the generations who preceded him, getting irresistibly drawn in to the jungle’s “green hell.” His quest for the truth and his stunning discoveries about Fawcett’s fate and “Z” type the heart of this complex, enthralling narrative.