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Book Review of Congo

Congo
Congo
Author: Michael Crichton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Suspense that won't stop.. a believable and immensely entertaining page turner - the Houston Post. Deep in the darkest region of the Congo, a field expedition dies mysteriously and brutally in a matter of minutes...At the Houston based Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc. a shocked supervisor watches a gruesome video transmission of that ill-fated team - and sees the grainy, moving image of a dark, blurred shape....In San Francisco, an extraordinary gorilla named Amy, who has a 620 "sign" vocabulary, may hold the secret to that fierce carnage. Immediately a new expedition is sent to the Congo, descending into a world where the only way out may be through the grisliest death.....