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El Dorado Book 1 and 2 - An Unexpected Adventure and The Secret City: An Unexpected Adventure and The Secret City
An ancient mystery.
A Lost Treasure.
A Hidden City.
An impossible location.
An unimaginable adventure.
Included in Aztec and Mayan legends, Conquistadors had heard rumours of its existence when exploring the New World, but never found it.
During World War 2, Nazi inspired archaeologists were convinced they had pinpointed its location. They packed a U-Boat with supplies and set a course for the Amazon Jungle. They disappeared!
Many adventurers eager to claim the legendary gold as their own entered one of the most inhospitable places on earth, the Amazon Jungle. Most were never seen again!
And yet the exact location of this fantastic hoard that so many have dreamed of finding remains a mystery. Any who may have stumbled upon it never returned to tell the tale. It was as if someone, or something, was protecting it...
In 1925, Victorian explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett enters the Amazon Jungle to search for a Lost City. Like so many before him, he was never seen or heard from again. Until now!
When a message from the past is discovered washed up on an English beach, it reveals new information about the ill-fated 1925 expedition. A modern day expedition sets off to follow in the footsteps of Colonel Fawcett in an attempt to locate the Lost City and its legendary hoard of priceless treasure.
The Lost City Book 1 & 2 will take you inside the Lost City to learn of its many secrets and dangers. A thrilling story of adventure and discovery that weaves together an exciting blend of fact and fiction linked to the legends surrounding the lost Fawcett expedition and the mysterious Amazonian Jungle.
An exciting archaeological mystery thriller with flashbacks to Colonel Fawcett's 1925 Expedition.
Pleases use the 'Look Inside' feature to view the book contents and don't forget you can download a free sample of “The Lost City” to your Kindle
(Over two hundred thousand words and approximately nine hundred printed book pages)
"This is a terrific two book series set within the atmospherically described Amazon jungle. I could easily imagine myself tagging along with the adventurers."
"If you like reading Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly, James Rollins or Michael Crichton, you will enjoy this action adventure from Ben Hammott."
" Has all the ingredients for an instant great plot, interesting characters, a large dose of mystery, impressive locations , unexpected twists and discoveries, deception and betrayal and even a touch of romance and a spattering of humor. This story will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Recommended for the permanent library of all action adventure readers."
"The Mysterious and Dangerous Amazon Jungle, Subterranean Rooms, Tunnels, Pyramids, Ancient Aliens, Nazis, Traps, Thrilling Escapes, Chases, Strange Creatures, Dangerous Enemies, a Lost City and Great Characters, are just a few ingredients that make this exciting adventure thriller a must read for fans of this genre." (NY.Post.book.reviews)
"From bestselling author Ben Hammott this action packed adventure takes you into the Amazon Jungle to follow in the footsteps of lost Victorian Explorer, Colonel Percy Fawcett. What we have here, in part, is an excellent dramatization of what may have happened to Fawcett and what he may have discovered in the unexplored regions of the Amazon. The well written plot is seldom predictable and some of the characters you think are safe, and will be alive by the time the book reaches its climax, are not. Sights and sounds of the Amazon are described well and help to set the atmospheric tone the explorers travel through. A thoroughly enjoyable adventure."
2019 Updated Edition
A Lost Treasure.
A Hidden City.
An impossible location.
An unimaginable adventure.
Included in Aztec and Mayan legends, Conquistadors had heard rumours of its existence when exploring the New World, but never found it.
During World War 2, Nazi inspired archaeologists were convinced they had pinpointed its location. They packed a U-Boat with supplies and set a course for the Amazon Jungle. They disappeared!
Many adventurers eager to claim the legendary gold as their own entered one of the most inhospitable places on earth, the Amazon Jungle. Most were never seen again!
And yet the exact location of this fantastic hoard that so many have dreamed of finding remains a mystery. Any who may have stumbled upon it never returned to tell the tale. It was as if someone, or something, was protecting it...
In 1925, Victorian explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett enters the Amazon Jungle to search for a Lost City. Like so many before him, he was never seen or heard from again. Until now!
When a message from the past is discovered washed up on an English beach, it reveals new information about the ill-fated 1925 expedition. A modern day expedition sets off to follow in the footsteps of Colonel Fawcett in an attempt to locate the Lost City and its legendary hoard of priceless treasure.
The Lost City Book 1 & 2 will take you inside the Lost City to learn of its many secrets and dangers. A thrilling story of adventure and discovery that weaves together an exciting blend of fact and fiction linked to the legends surrounding the lost Fawcett expedition and the mysterious Amazonian Jungle.
An exciting archaeological mystery thriller with flashbacks to Colonel Fawcett's 1925 Expedition.
Pleases use the 'Look Inside' feature to view the book contents and don't forget you can download a free sample of “The Lost City” to your Kindle
(Over two hundred thousand words and approximately nine hundred printed book pages)
"This is a terrific two book series set within the atmospherically described Amazon jungle. I could easily imagine myself tagging along with the adventurers."
"If you like reading Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly, James Rollins or Michael Crichton, you will enjoy this action adventure from Ben Hammott."
" Has all the ingredients for an instant great plot, interesting characters, a large dose of mystery, impressive locations , unexpected twists and discoveries, deception and betrayal and even a touch of romance and a spattering of humor. This story will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Recommended for the permanent library of all action adventure readers."
"The Mysterious and Dangerous Amazon Jungle, Subterranean Rooms, Tunnels, Pyramids, Ancient Aliens, Nazis, Traps, Thrilling Escapes, Chases, Strange Creatures, Dangerous Enemies, a Lost City and Great Characters, are just a few ingredients that make this exciting adventure thriller a must read for fans of this genre." (NY.Post.book.reviews)
"From bestselling author Ben Hammott this action packed adventure takes you into the Amazon Jungle to follow in the footsteps of lost Victorian Explorer, Colonel Percy Fawcett. What we have here, in part, is an excellent dramatization of what may have happened to Fawcett and what he may have discovered in the unexplored regions of the Amazon. The well written plot is seldom predictable and some of the characters you think are safe, and will be alive by the time the book reaches its climax, are not. Sights and sounds of the Amazon are described well and help to set the atmospheric tone the explorers travel through. A thoroughly enjoyable adventure."
2019 Updated Edition
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Published December 25, 2015
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February 7, 2017
The Lost city Book 1 by Ben Hammott This book was such an adventure. The past was engrossing and made me have a vested interest in the explorer, Colonel Percy Fawcett, his son, Jack and their companion Raleigh. These men ventured into the Brazilian rainforest on a quest to find a rumored city of gold and immense wealth and power. They never came home and after eighty years a clue washes up on the shore in England starting a new quest.
It is brilliantly told. I recommend this to anyone that loves a good adventure, tricky tribesmen, and secrets galore.
I am posting my full review on The Page Turner during Mystery Thriller Week. The annual event to celebrate mystery and thriller authors, bloggers, and fans.
It is brilliantly told. I recommend this to anyone that loves a good adventure, tricky tribesmen, and secrets galore.
I am posting my full review on The Page Turner during Mystery Thriller Week. The annual event to celebrate mystery and thriller authors, bloggers, and fans.
July 28, 2023
I am a sucker for true-life adventure stories mostly because they involve adventures I would not pursue personally. This one was a two-for-one because it was the story of the author/explorer going up the Amazon River in 2008 trying to find out what happened to a 1925 explorer, Percy Fawcett, who disappeared on the Amazon with the whole world watching. “Every quest, we are led to believe, has a romantic origin. Yet even now, I can’t provide a good one for mine.” The author, Grann, is neither a river expert nor an adventurer; he writes for The New Yorker. For me, the story wasn’t so much about the Amazon as it was about obsessions.
Percy Fawcett was known as “the last Victorian-era British explorer” coming as he did at the beginning of the 20th Century when radios, airplanes, and motorized boats were about to change adventure forever. Fawcett wanted badly to be an 1800s British explorer similar to David Livingstone or Richard Burton, “exploring” areas of the world previously unknown to Europeans. I lost patience with Fawcett’s story as he became more and more deranged about finding something that was not necessarily there – a city of gold. “The valley and city are full of jewels, spiritual jewels, but also immense wealth of real jewels,” Fawcett wrote. Legitimate scientists distanced themselves from him, the Royal Geographical Society and other reputable groups declined to fund him, and so he recruited his teenaged son to assist him. They embarked February 11, 1925 from Rio de Janeiro for a 1,000-mile journey into the interior of Brazil. After a few letters back to family in May, 1925, they were never heard from again.
While reading this, I took a side trip down the lane of “what were these British explorers thinking??” It seems like a patently nutty thing to do – bugs, diseases, maggots rotting your skin, bees stinging your eyes, beetles burrowing into your ears, weeks of hunger and thirst, mutiny among your troops, on and on. All for what? The chance to get a credit in the Euro-centric history books? Even though I enjoy these vicarious adventures, I always get to the end of the road thinking “you people have a death wish.”
Grann worked exhaustively to recreate the Fawcetts’ fate. Did they fall off a cliff? Starve to death? Get killed by indigenous people? No one will ever know. I admired his thorough research as he suddenly found access to heirloom Fawcett family journals, discovered an old map in the Brazil National Archives, and convinced a Brazilian guide to accompany him for months on his river journey. “While others often seemed to succumb to their mad dreams and obsessions, I tried to be the invisible witness. And I had convinced myself that was why I had traveled more than 10,000 miles from New York to London to the Xingu River…why I had spent months poring over hundreds of pages of Victorian diaries and letters, and why I had left behind my wife and 1 year old son and taken out an extra insurance policy on my life.” Well, obsession. It got him too. “I looked up at the tangle of trees and creepers around me, and at the biting flies and misquotes that left streaks of blood on my skin. I had lost my guide. I was out of food and water.” He presses on as long as he can, then returns to New York and writes this book. He tells a good story, though, and I learned a lot about the Amazon River. Here’s to obsessions vicariously enjoyed through others’ bad judgment!
Percy Fawcett was known as “the last Victorian-era British explorer” coming as he did at the beginning of the 20th Century when radios, airplanes, and motorized boats were about to change adventure forever. Fawcett wanted badly to be an 1800s British explorer similar to David Livingstone or Richard Burton, “exploring” areas of the world previously unknown to Europeans. I lost patience with Fawcett’s story as he became more and more deranged about finding something that was not necessarily there – a city of gold. “The valley and city are full of jewels, spiritual jewels, but also immense wealth of real jewels,” Fawcett wrote. Legitimate scientists distanced themselves from him, the Royal Geographical Society and other reputable groups declined to fund him, and so he recruited his teenaged son to assist him. They embarked February 11, 1925 from Rio de Janeiro for a 1,000-mile journey into the interior of Brazil. After a few letters back to family in May, 1925, they were never heard from again.
While reading this, I took a side trip down the lane of “what were these British explorers thinking??” It seems like a patently nutty thing to do – bugs, diseases, maggots rotting your skin, bees stinging your eyes, beetles burrowing into your ears, weeks of hunger and thirst, mutiny among your troops, on and on. All for what? The chance to get a credit in the Euro-centric history books? Even though I enjoy these vicarious adventures, I always get to the end of the road thinking “you people have a death wish.”
Grann worked exhaustively to recreate the Fawcetts’ fate. Did they fall off a cliff? Starve to death? Get killed by indigenous people? No one will ever know. I admired his thorough research as he suddenly found access to heirloom Fawcett family journals, discovered an old map in the Brazil National Archives, and convinced a Brazilian guide to accompany him for months on his river journey. “While others often seemed to succumb to their mad dreams and obsessions, I tried to be the invisible witness. And I had convinced myself that was why I had traveled more than 10,000 miles from New York to London to the Xingu River…why I had spent months poring over hundreds of pages of Victorian diaries and letters, and why I had left behind my wife and 1 year old son and taken out an extra insurance policy on my life.” Well, obsession. It got him too. “I looked up at the tangle of trees and creepers around me, and at the biting flies and misquotes that left streaks of blood on my skin. I had lost my guide. I was out of food and water.” He presses on as long as he can, then returns to New York and writes this book. He tells a good story, though, and I learned a lot about the Amazon River. Here’s to obsessions vicariously enjoyed through others’ bad judgment!
June 9, 2018
Terrific adventure. Superbly entertaining.
I thoroughly enjoyed both Books 1 and 2 of Ben Hammott's Amazonian adventure. With lots of great characters, action aplenty and a gripping storyline there was truly nothing to dislike. The search for El Dorado, based on the discovery of a long lost document, washed ashore on the beach at Great Yarmouth, leads an assorted team of unlikely explorers into the Brazilian jungle and to dangers far beyond their wildest nightmares. Well worth 5 stars and I would recommend this engrossing tale to any lovers of a good old-fashioned adventure yarn.
I thoroughly enjoyed both Books 1 and 2 of Ben Hammott's Amazonian adventure. With lots of great characters, action aplenty and a gripping storyline there was truly nothing to dislike. The search for El Dorado, based on the discovery of a long lost document, washed ashore on the beach at Great Yarmouth, leads an assorted team of unlikely explorers into the Brazilian jungle and to dangers far beyond their wildest nightmares. Well worth 5 stars and I would recommend this engrossing tale to any lovers of a good old-fashioned adventure yarn.
January 15, 2017
Exceptionally well written and entertaining
How refreshing to actually read a book that grabs your attention and keeps you turning the page to find out what is next. While there is some language that might offend, the storyline and the writing will breeze the reader across them and onto the next problem to face the characters. Exceptionally well written and definitely worth the time to read! You will enjoy these books. Just be prepared to try and read these books without stopping from beginning to end.
How refreshing to actually read a book that grabs your attention and keeps you turning the page to find out what is next. While there is some language that might offend, the storyline and the writing will breeze the reader across them and onto the next problem to face the characters. Exceptionally well written and definitely worth the time to read! You will enjoy these books. Just be prepared to try and read these books without stopping from beginning to end.
January 12, 2018
Absolutely loved this book which luckily combined the two books in one. It was a non-stop adventure as parallels are drawn between the infamous Colonel Fawcett & his search for the Lost City of Z and a modern day exploration to retrace the footsteps of the Colonel who never returned. What they found was the last thing that they ever expected.
June 17, 2017
Fun read good story great head
Movie. Sorry that ended had no ice wrap up conclusion I am going to read more of Ben's books! Enjoy
Movie. Sorry that ended had no ice wrap up conclusion I am going to read more of Ben's books! Enjoy
March 20, 2017
Excellent read
Having 2 books in one means a lot to me. I like a long good read and these 2 books provided non stop action till the end. The only regret was the author did not provide more back ground story about the alien. I wanted more information about her.
Having 2 books in one means a lot to me. I like a long good read and these 2 books provided non stop action till the end. The only regret was the author did not provide more back ground story about the alien. I wanted more information about her.
November 23, 2017
First thing that drew me to this book was the fact that I love archeological thrillers. I am also enamored with Ben Hammott’s nonstop action page-turner novels.
There are 6 main characters in the story... I liked them all. My favorite part of the story is when the group travels through the Amazon (on the same path as those before them) to discover the lost city of Z.
There are 6 main characters in the story... I liked them all. My favorite part of the story is when the group travels through the Amazon (on the same path as those before them) to discover the lost city of Z.
October 6, 2016
Wow! These books grab you and keep you reading until the last page. Adventure, suspense, comedy, romance,mystery, tragedy it has all this and more. What a blockbuster movie the books would be. .
I have read all of this author's books that are available on Kindle and enjoyed them all.
Hope to read more of his work soon.
I have read all of this author's books that are available on Kindle and enjoyed them all.
Hope to read more of his work soon.
April 8, 2017
Awesome
Both these books keep you reading. Waiting for the next adventure on the next page. It carries you through highs and lows.
Both these books keep you reading. Waiting for the next adventure on the next page. It carries you through highs and lows.
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