In early 2014, a group of Americans gathered on a remote Central American peninsula to experience the last days of an unsullied tropical paradise before its development into a corporate retreat for the world’s biggest tech company. Many of them believed they were there accidentally, but none of them were. This is the story of how a group of restless, indecisive idiot discovered who brought them there, and what they could be. This is the story of a country and a civilization few remember ever existed. This is the story behind the most mysterious mass Disappearance of the 21st century. This is a war story. And when things get bad, you rescue what you can… The Ruins of Tropicalia, originally serialized at http://theruinsoftropicalia.com and on a mobile app, is a literary adventure story, accompanied by music by indie rock n roll band The Amends. This complete version of TROT compiles all the serialized chapters into a single novel, as well as the five "peripheral" novellas. Links to the soundtrack songs are embedded within the text.