Blood Gold - The Shocking True Story of the Amazon Gold Rush

A shocking exposé of the dirty trade of gold and how it is pushing the world's biggest rainforest to the brink of collapse.

About the author

Dan Collyns is based in Peru reporting for The Guardian, the BBC and CGTN America, as well as The New York Review of Books, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Chatham House and Mongabay, on topics including Amazon oil spills, earthquakes, Inca descendants and the drugs war. He interviewed one of the last Shining Path commanders, joined raids on illegal gold, timber and wildlife in Peru's Amazon, and was one of a handful of journalists to report on 'isolated' tribes.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Collyns, Dan Collyns
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.01.2026
• EAN: 9781399414807
• ISBN: 978-1-3994-1480-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, Sociology, Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Business & management, Political corruption, History of the Americas, Environmental policy & protocols, Corruption in politics, government and society, Environmental policy and protocols