Glauco Callia: Explorer, Writer, Physician. Maybe was during his childhood exploring the woods with his grandfather or perhaps on his first trips to Patagonia, that his adventures may had started. His path to a writer had begun when he was a columnist for the Contato Journal, writing about Politics during the medical college at Taubate University, Brazil. It is highly possible that during the medical clerkship in Slovenia, working as a volunteer to help refugees from Balkans conflicts, the persona of the Explorer, Writer and Physician was born. These 3 faces of this Brazilian Doctor are the essence of this book, a powerful narrative about Humanitarian Missions in the heart of the Amazonian Forrest is the subject here. As Navy Officer, Doctor Callia writes about missions intended to save isolated tribes from extension, combats against river pirates and survival experiences his boat was sunk during a tropical thunderstorm. His book will take you on a real and actual Heart of Darkness Adventure.
This is the true story of an elite Navy medical team in a secret mission to save an isolated tribe from extinction. During the year of 2008, the Brazilian Government sent the Navy hospital ship Oswaldo Cruz to the heart of the Amazonian forest, the intent was to locate and make contact with the fema...
