The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Novel

The narrative follows an expedition into the Guiana highlands toward a mysterious tabletop mountain believed to shelter unfamiliar plants, animals and the fabled city of El Dorado. It combines travel episodes and vivid landscape description with scientific curiosity and botanical observation, while a contemporaneous territorial dispute over the mountain provides a political frame. Opening in Georgetown, the action moves into dangerous jungle and ascent, balancing adventure and suspense with reflections on national claims, the possibilities of discovery, and the irresistible lure of unexplored natural wonders.