A hair-raising journey through the little-known heart of South America, this is the story of John Blashford-Snell's search for the mythical land of Great Paititi, east of the Andes. The myth of Paititi has attracted conquistadors, archaeologists, adventurers and even, more recently, Nazis fleeing justice. John Blashford-Snell set off through dense rain-forest with a full team of jungle bashers, archaeologists, soldiers and scientists to reach the spot where Paititi's dangerously snake-infested ruins were supposed to be.