This is the fourth, final book of the series “City of the Sun”—a series that blends detective fiction, a family saga, and a thriller. Seven months ago, students from the Moscow Polytechnic still didn’t suspect that they would be sent to India, then to Sri Lanka, and afterwards would cross the ocean and end up in Peru. The desperate journeys of the heroes will end in the rainforests of Latin America.
Max and his friends follow the trail of the Peruvian plantation owner Carlos del Campo and the Russian manufacturer Aleksey Zatrapezny, who founded the legendary City of the Sun deep in the Amazon jungle. It is here that the greatest secret of the Chavin civilization—guarded for centuries by the chosen ones from all over the world—will be revealed.
Evgeny Rudashevsky (born in 1987) is a laureate of many awards, including “BookGuru” and named after V. P. Krapivin. In 2017, his book “The Raven” was included by experts from the International Munich Youth Library in the list of “White Ravens.” And such recognition is not accidental: his style is unmistakable, and the themes are close to today’s teenagers and young adults.
The calling cards of the author are the story about the relationship between humans and nature, “Hello, My Brother Bzou!” and the adventure novel “Solongo. The Secret of the Missing Expedition.” The tetralogy “City of the Sun” continues a theme that is so important to the author: growing up, finding oneself, and one’s purpose.