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The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the world’s most inhospitable rainforest -- a former Special Forces soldier, scarred, mutilated, terrified, and mere hours from death, who went in... read more

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The anaconda held the small Indian girl wrapped in its heavy coils, dragging her toward the river.

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  1. James Rollins (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0060002484
Page Count: 432

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