Quotes About Adventure

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She picked up the book she was reading, Beyond the Ice Limit, found her dog-eared place at the beginning of chapter six, and began to read. The sea horizon lay against the sky, blue against perfect blue, and it seemed to beckon the ship southward, ever southward. She closed the book, put it down again. Not bad, but it lacked the punch of the original.

The third board popped off. The opening was now big enough to squeeze through. The dogs in town were barking hysterically.

Tyrannosaur Canyon Utopia The Codex Tales of the Dark 1–3 Ribbons of Time Dark

Launches the reader into a story of science and ancient mystery that will blow your mind: [From New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston]

The dangers of exploring Mosquitia go beyond the natural deterrents. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Eighty percent of the cocaine from South America destined for the United States is shipped through Honduras, most of it via Mosquitia.

We planned to enter the ruins the following day. What would we find? I couldn't even begin to imagine it.

Douglas Preston

Humboldt Kill dive.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

They had camped on a sandbar and built a fire. Bruce cut the meat into strips, but as he laid it on hot stones to cook, he "heard a loud screaming growl." He grabbed his M16 and turned just in time to see an animal charging them; he had the weapon on full-auto and sprayed it with "at least twenty rounds"; it dropped five feet from him: a huge, seven-foot jaguar.

Carpe diem. ¿Quién sabe lo que nos traerá el mañana?

Douglas Preston

But now I feel rather like Br'er Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch, because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Natural History Museum.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

EXCLUSIVE: LOST CITY DISCOVERED IN THE HONDURAN RAIN FOREST In search for legendary "City of the Monkey God," explorers find the untouched ruins of a vanished culture.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

The Lost City of the Monkey God is a throwback to the golden age of adventure archaeology, the thrilling true story of a group of explorers penetrating one of the toughest jungles on earth in search of a lost city…and finding it. Preston is a terrific writer of both non-fiction books and bestselling novels and makes you feel the dark heart of this lost Honduran wilderness." —John Sandford, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Ei s'immerge ne la notte, Ei s'aderge in vèr' le stelle. He plunges into the night, He reaches for the stars.

The most recent search for Morde's lost city took place in 2009. A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Christopher S. Stewart, undertook an arduous journey into the heart of Mosquitia in an attempt to retrace Morde's route.