'Eyler has written a breathtaking account of a journey down the river, from high up in the Chinese province of Yunnan to the Mekong Delta more than 2,700 miles away [...] His book reads like a travelogue, filled with vivid descriptions of the places he visits and the people he encounters. But it is also a stark warning that the river is heading for irreparable ruin.'

Wall Street Journal

'The book describes how unsustainable human society's current relationship is with the Mekong'

Council of Foreign Affairs

'Brian Eyler … has penned an engaging and open-ended book, with a less elegiac tone than its title might imply. At many points a vividly reported travelogue.'

China Dialogue

With a poet's eye and a scholar's breadth, Last Days of the Mighty Mekong unfurls the story of the wonderous, imperilled Mekong. Eight years after its first publication, Brian Eyler's engrossing call to action to protect this river is more urgent than ever. Empathetic and sweeping, this moving work by the preeminent Mekong expert is a must-read for anyone seeking to better understand the roiling catastrophe facing the region - and the communities most endangered.

Abby Seiff, author of Troubling the Water: A Dying Lake and a Vanishing World in Cambodia, Southeast Asia