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Congo

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SKU:
1300
Condition:
Very Good - Minimal shelf wear. Spine crease, but binding is tight. Minimal age-tanning. Clean, crisp and unmarked pages.
Format:
Mass Paperback, 301 pages
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1980
Edition:
First Avon Edition, First Printing
Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition of eight American geologists are mysteriously and brutally killed in a matter of minutes. Ten thousand miles away, Karen Ross, the Congo Project Supervisor, watches a gruesome video transmission of the aftermath: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies--all motionless except for one moving image--a grainy, dark, man-shaped blur.

Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition of eight American geologists are mysteriously and brutally killed in a matter of minutes. Ten thousand miles away, Karen Ross, the Congo Project Supervisor, watches a gruesome video transmission of the aftermath: a camp destroyed, tents crushed and torn, equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies--all motionless except for one moving image--a grainy, dark, man-shaped blur.

Editorial Reviews

"Darkest Africa.  Strangling vines.  Rain forest. Pygmies. Clouds of mosquitoes. Rampaging hippos. Roaring gorillas. Killer natives. Gorges. Rapids. Erupting volcanoes. An abandoned city full of diamonds, lost in the jungle. Maybe a new animal species, a weird cross between man and ape, but unheard of in 20th century anthropology. Zaire. Congo. Michael Crichton’s newest thriller. And of course: technology, which is what it’s all about today, isn’t it? Zoom!” –The Boston Globe

“Plus Amy, a ‘talking’ gorilla with enough charm to enshrine her in pop culture as firmly as R2D2.” –Saturday Review

About the Author

Michael Crichton was a writer, director, and producer, best known as the author of Jurassic Park and the creator of ER. One of the most recognizable names in literature and entertainment, Crichton sold more than 200 million copies of his books, which have been translated into 40 languages and adapted into 15 films. He died in 2008.