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This revised edition of the short novel originally published in Australia is specially adapted for readers of all ages with reading difficulties. There is no hell like a man-made one...It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A secret location where classified experiments have been... read more

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It is an island that doesn't appear on any maps. A place where secret tests have been going on. Tests that have gone terribly wrong...

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Hell Island: Once known as Grant Island. Used by Japanese as an airfield during the Second World War. Captured by the American Marines in 1943.

Organizations edit see section history

  • DARPA: Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency

First Sentence edit see section history

Terrified, Wounded and out of ammo, Lieutenant Rick 'Razor' Haynes staggered down the aircraft carrier's tight passage.

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  • Mad Scientist: Mad scientists fail to see the potential objections to playing God and more often than not don't care about moral components in their experiments.

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This is book 4 of 5 in Scarecrow (Matthew Reilly). (standard series)

Preceded by Scarecrow, and followed by Scarecrow Returns.

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  1. Matthew Reilly (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Country: Australia
Publication Date: July 28, 2005
ISBN: 9780330423434
Page Count: 108

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Reading Level: Adults

Violence, gory descriptions of deaths and/or dead bodies, profanity.

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