Golden Man

"Golden Man" is the story of a down-on-his-luck dreamer whose wanderlust took him on to celebrated, colorful, and controversial heights. To call Gene Savoy (1927-2007) a force of nature would be an understatement. Here was a man who discovered the last capital of the Inca empire--lost for almost four hundred years--and claimed to have found more than forty lost cities in the jungles of Peru. His self-publicized exploits led "People" magazine to dub him the "Real Indiana Jones." To amateur explorers, Savoy was a hero; to professional scientists, a swashbuckling charlatan. Yet there was another side to the explorer: Savoy claimed to have found ancient secrets in South America that would lead to the spiritual transformation of all humanity. The captivatingly written product of years of research, including numerous interviews with Savoy, his family, and closest companions, "Golden Man" is the definitive account of one unlikely dreamer who became a legend, and more.