1912. Doyle, the English novelist best known for his Sherlock Holmes detective books, also wrote historical, supernatural and speculative works. Trying to escape Sherlock Holmes, Doyle creates an adventure story written as a set of letters from reporter Edward D. Malone to the Daily Gazette newspaper where he works, detailing the adventures of Professors Challenger and Summerlee, hunter Lord John Roxton and himself as they venture into the depths of the Amazon in search of a hidden plateau where Challenger claims dinosaurs still exist. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.