“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven’s sake), a startling save mission . . This is atrue tale manufactured in heaven for any writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew-what an absolutely compelling and deeplysatisfying examine!’ -Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic

Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World Battle IIrescue mission, where a airplane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel right into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Shed Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of risk, daring, determination, and finding injungle-clad New Guinea through the final times of WWII.