Professor Stephen G. Perz was awarded a Publication Subvention grant for his book, The Road to the Land of the Mother of God: A History of the Interoceanic Highway in Peru, co-authored by Jorge Luis Castillo Hurdado, and published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2023. This work discusses the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios, the land of the Mother of God, which for centuries was among the most remote parts of South America. Access to Madre de Dios was a priority for the Incan empire, Spanish conquerors, missionaries, scientists, rubber barons, and colonists, all of whom encountered unexpected perils in finding the way, many paying with their lives. At the dawn of the 21st century, unprecedented circumstances aligned to finally impel construction of an Interoceanic Highway across Madre de Dios. Despite political demand, the highway was not justifiable economically or ecologically, resulting in extraordinary exemptions from oversight. The road thus yielded problematic outcomes and stimulated debate over infrastructure governance. Revelations that systemic corruption was behind its approval made the Interoceanic Highway an emblematic case of the contradictions of infrastructure.