Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hijacked & flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise of peace & beauty, known as Shangri-La. Have they been kidnapped? Can they leave? & do they even want to? From the author of Goodbye Mr Chips, this is the epic adventure story of literature`s most entrancing utopia & one of our most enduring literary mysteries.