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Lamb and a small team of geologists have spent much of the last decade exploring the Bolivian Andes, the second highest mountain range on Earth - a region rocked by earthquakes and violent volcanic eruptions. The author's account is part travelogue, part detective story, describing how he and his colleagues pursue a trail of clues hidden in the landscape and rocks. Sprinkled throughout the narrative are insights into the life of a scientist. But the backdrop for all these adventures is the bigger story of the Earth and how geologists have gone about uncovering its secrets.