Publisher's Synopsis
This novel tells the story of one of the most startling episodes in human history. It begins with Dwight Urban fleeing from unknown pursuers in the Guyanese jungle immediately after the massacre in Jonestown, Guyana. He is captured and placed in solitary confinement. Because he has important, encrypted documents in his possession, his unknown captors insist that he translate them. In the process of doing so, Dwight types out what happened from the time he joined Peoples Temple in San Francisco in 1975 until his eventual escape from Jonestown in 1978. Dwight's secret reasons for initially seeking out the Rev. Jim Jones are never revealed until the latter part of the book-nor are Jones' reasons for granting him access to insider information. In a climactic finish, Dwight manages to accomplish one of the greatest triumphs of the human spirit against seemingly impossible odds.
