In this āhypnotic, violent, unsparingā (A.J. Banner, USA TODAY bestselling author) thriller from the author of the āhaunting, twisting thrill rideā (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author) The River at Night, a young woman leaves behind everything she knows to take on the Bolivian jungle, but her excursion abroad quickly turns into a fight for her life.
Lily Bushwold thought sheād found the antidote to endless foster care and group homes: a gig teaching English in Cochabamba, Bolivia. As soon as she could steal enough cash for the plane, she was on it.
But the program was a scam. And bonding with other broke, rudderless girls in the local youth hostel wasnāt the answer. Falling crazy in love with Omar, a savvy, handsome local whoād left his life as a hunter in Ayacheroāa remote jungle villageāto try city life: this was the last thing Lily could have imagined.
When Omar learns that a jaguar had killed his four-year-old nephew in Ayachero, he gives Lily a choice: stay alone in the unforgiving city, or travel to the last in the ever-more-isolated string of river towns in the jungles of Bolivia. Thirty-foot anacondas? Puppy-sized spiders? Vengeful shamans with unspeakable powers? None of it matters to love-struck Lily. She follows Omar to a ruthless new world of lawless poachers, bullheaded missionaries, and desperate indigenous tribes driven to the brink of extinction. To survive, Lily must navigate the jungleāand all its residentsāusing only her wits and resilience.
āGripping, breathtaking, and exquisitely toldāInto the Jungle pulls you into another world, returning you forever transformedā (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author).