What is the author's perspective in the nonfiction book, The Lost City of the Monkey God?

Preston is not an archeologist but a journalist who has explored many places for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and other sites. He is not critical of the expedition's funders, Steve Elkins and Bill Benenson, although many academics in the field of archeology regard the expedition to T1 that they fund with skepticism.

s a participant-observer in this story. He tries to cover what occurs around him, but he is also affected by the events. For example, in Mosquitia, he is clearly impressed and touched by the pristine nature of the site, and he is dismayed when he returns about a year later to find that the site has been forever altered. He is also stricken with leishmaniasis, so he reports on the disease, the way it is treated, and its effect on many members of the expedition not only as an observer but also someone who must also go through the treatment. He relates his own experience with the treatment and its effects.