Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on + 1568 more book reviews
A good thriller--lots of suspense. Some accurate primate bahavior observations also.
From back cover: Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes.
Ten thousand miles away at the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, supervisor Karen Ross watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team, a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside bodies . . . and the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape.
In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, an extraordinary gorilla with a 620 'sign'vocabulary and a fondness for finger painting. Her recent drawing matches with stunning accuracy the frayed, brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642, a drawing of the ancient lost city. Immediately a new expedition is sent into the Congo, descending into a secret world where the only way out may be through the grisliest death.
From back cover: Deep in the heart of the darkest region of the Congo, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an eight-person field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes.
Ten thousand miles away at the Houston-based Earth Resources Technology Services, supervisor Karen Ross watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team, a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside bodies . . . and the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape.
In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, an extraordinary gorilla with a 620 'sign'vocabulary and a fondness for finger painting. Her recent drawing matches with stunning accuracy the frayed, brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642, a drawing of the ancient lost city. Immediately a new expedition is sent into the Congo, descending into a secret world where the only way out may be through the grisliest death.
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