The Lost World

Written by the legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World is one of the best-selling adventure stories of all time. This classic novel continues to thrill modern listeners as it pits four intrepid men against the unknown with no guaranteeany of them will survive. A scientific expedition headed by Doyle's favorite fictional character, Professor George Edward Challenger, sets out to explore an isolated South American plateau where it is rumored that dinosaurs and other life forms from the Jurassic Era still flourish. This pilgrimage of scientific discovery turns into a perilous journey which brings man face to face with prehistoric creatures and his own ancestors. Will Challenger and his colleagues get off the plateau alive, or will the secrets of the lost world remain forever hidden? Doyle brings us Jurassic Park on a grand scale."Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of adventure and discovery still excites the reader today just as dinosaurs continue to grip the popular imagination."-Oxford University Press