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Number9Dream

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20. I just finished "Amazonia" by James Rollins
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 09:43 AM
Dec 2015

It was another fast paced, page-turner... very enjoyable.

From the book jacket: "Out of the world's most inhospitable rainforest, a man stumbles into a small missionary village, and within hours, the CIA operative and former special forces soldier is dead. But the most disturbing aspect of Agent Gerald Clark's death has his superiors in Washington baffled. When Agent Clark first came to the Amazon, he had only one arm - the result of a sniper's bullet. But the photograph of him submitted by a Brazilian morgue shows a corpse with two upper limbs fully intact. Now, the government wants Nathan Rand to lead an expedition into the Amazon jungle, accompanied by a team of scientists and a phalanx of experienced U.S. Rangers. For somewhere in the dark, impenetrable depths of the most dangerous region on Earth there are mysteries that must be solved, no matter what the cost in money, materials...or lives."

Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich northoftheborder Nov 2015 #1
How long did that take hermetic Nov 2015 #5
Can't remember - months. northoftheborder Nov 2015 #13
Love Medicine is one of my favorite books, but it was not easy reading at first and japple Dec 2015 #14
Glad to hear your positive review. It is a little hard getting into. northoftheborder Dec 2015 #19
Staying with Faye Kellerman and Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #2
That does sound like hermetic Nov 2015 #6
Looks like I am going to have to start reading Faye Kellerman. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #9
I've enjoyed them a lot getting old in mke Dec 2015 #18
2 non-fiction about the new South dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #3
Theroux hermetic Nov 2015 #4
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi pscot Nov 2015 #7
I read about The Ghost Brigades on Fantastic Fiction. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #10
Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #8
Thanks for the thread, hermetic. I was looking for something new this week and came japple Nov 2015 #11
Sounds like my sort of book, japple. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #12
You might want to put this one on your list. It seemed a bit dull at first, but now I see that japple Dec 2015 #15
I ordered a used copy. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #16
Pedro Paramo by Juan Ruflo Conch Dec 2015 #17
I just finished "Amazonia" by James Rollins Number9Dream Dec 2015 #20
Sounds like some weird wild stuff. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #21
Rollins takes actual science and then pushes the envelope Number9Dream Dec 2015 #22
Cool! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #23
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