For fans of Marching Powder and Shantaram comes a nail-biting true story that will change how you think about travel forever.
Mark Playne's South American adventure takes a terrifying turn when a midnight taxi ride in Bogotá becomes a fight for survival. With his girlfriend beside him and armed with only five words of Spanish, he has just three seconds to make an impossible decision.
One wrong move means joining the thousands who disappear in Colombia each year.
 
★★★★★ Possibly the best-written travel memoir I have ever read" - Simon Michael Prior
 
★★★★★ Hilariously scary! Cindy Lea
 
From flood-ravaged Argentine towns to Brazilian favelas, from ancient Incan ruins to the shadowy streets of Colombia's capital, this memoir weaves six months of cultural immersion, street market survival, and backpacker mishaps into the setup for one life-changing moment.
 
★★★★★ "Quentin Tarantino does the Rough Guide to South America" - Rosemary T
 
Experience 1990s South America through the eyes of a British traveller who stumbles into its darkest corners—and somehow lives to tell the tale.
 
WARNING: After reading this book, you'll never look at a taxi the same way again.