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I loved this book because of the story line of the yeti. It was very suspensful and had a great ending. I recommend this book for people who like this type of mystery.
Helpful Score: 2
A thriller about the discovery of the yeti (Abominoble Snowman) with the CIA involved because of a potential nuclear war between India and Pakistan
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Big adventure, big animals!
A REAL GOOD BOOK ABOUT BIG FOOT
In an ice cave high in the Himalayas, a perfectly preserved skull is found. A fossil from a long-ago era, it is neither ape nor man. And, in a lab on the Berkley campus, a paleoanthropologist learns that what she took to be a fossil find of the first order is in fact the scientific discovery of a lifetime - proof of an alternative line of hominid development. Philip Kerr spins a tale of high adventure in which science, politics & human frilty combine to take us on a stunning foray into the nature of man.
A great book with many twists and turns. Philip Kerr is great writing books like this.
In an ice cave high on a forbidden Himalayan mountaintop, renegade climber Jack Furness unearths a perfectly preserved skull, a fossil that may be the missing link and the scientific discovery of the century. To Berkely paleoantropologist Stella Swift, the miraculous find warrents and immediate expedition up the mountain's treacherous Fish Tail Peak. But with neighboring Pakistan and India on the brink of nuclear catastrophe, the Pentagon and the CIA have their own designs on the remote site. Now, they're alll about to enter a domain where one of nature's fiercest creations has thrived for millions of years - and modern man was never meant to be.
