Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition of eight American geologists is 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, овсвэ equipment scattered in the mud alongside dead bodies - all motionless except for one moving image - a grainy, dark, man-shaped blur In San Francisco, primatologist Peter Elliot works with Amy, a gorilla with an extraordinary vocabulary of 620 "signs", the most ever learned by a primate, and she likes to fingerpaint But recently, her behavior has been erratic and her drawings match, with stunning accuracy, the brittle pages of a Portuguese print dating back to 1642 a drawing of an ancient lost city A new expedition - along with Amy - is sent into the Congo where they enter a secret world, and the only way out may be through a horrifying death Формат издания: 10,5 см х 17 см Автор Майкл Крайтон John Michael Crichton Родился в Чикаго Когда Майклу было 6 лет, семья переехала в Рослин, пригород Нью-Йорка В 14 лет Майкл опубликовал в "Нью-Йорк таймс" свои путевые заметки и с тех пор он всегда чувствовал вкус к литературному творчеству В 1960 году он закончил.  МагнитныйИздательство: Avon, 2003 г Мягкая обложка, 480 стр ISBN 0-06-054183-0 Язык: Английский.