Amazonia

by James Rollins | Horror |
ISBN: 0060002492 Global Overview for this book
Registered by K-i-s-m-e-t of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on 8/30/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by K-i-s-m-e-t from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Monday, August 30, 2010
The Amazon Rain Forest is a strange and unforgiving place. Every year, scores of researchers and missionaries venture into its depths never to be heard from again. The reappearance (only hours before his death) of a Special Forces soldier four years after he went missing spurs a renewed attempt to discover what became of the rest of his expedition - and even more mysterious, how is it that he went into the jungle with one arm missing but came out with both arms intact...

Journal Entry 2 by K-i-s-m-e-t at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Released 13 yrs ago (12/15/2010 UTC) at Park Theatre & Movie Cafe in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

It's time for this book to take a trip. It's coming with me to our monthly get together at the Park Theatre Cafe. If no one takes it home, it will stay on the shelf awaiting a new reader.

Journal Entry 3 by gypsysmom at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
K-i-s-m-e-t made such a good case for this book that I had to bring it home from the meeting. I'll never get Mount TBR down at this rate!

Journal Entry 4 by gypsysmom at Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on Saturday, March 31, 2012
This was a very gripping read. I really liked the information about plants and animals that can be found in the Amazon basin although it convinced me that it's not a place to venture unless you are very familiar with the hazards associated with them.

Fortunately Nathan Rand, a young researcher, is well-versed in the flora and fauna of the rainforest. His father and mother researched the area before him and he grew up in its (somewhat scary) environs. His father disappeared four years before while trying to conduct a census of the Indian tribes and his mother had died before that. Nathan spent years trying to find his father but had never been able to find any trace. When a soldier from the exploration force stumbles out of the forest it is the first clue to what happened to the group. Unfortunately the soldier dies within hours and without being able to disclose any information. However, it is clear something amazing happened to him because he had lost an arm previous to entering the Amazon but when he came out he had both arms. The ability to regenerate limbs piques the interest of the American government and large pharmaceutical companies. A new expedition is put together to follow the soldier's trail and Nathan Rand is part of it.

I thought the violence was a little overdone and the ending was tied up rather too neatly. I also have one small quibble but since it is a big spoiler I would advise not reading the following until after the book has been read.

The soldier who stumbles out of the forest is riddled with tumours and also carries a deadly prion that infects anyone in the vicinity of his body who is young or immune-compromised. It is revealed that the sap from the Yagga tree which is responsible for the healing properties is also the source of the prion. The nuts of the tree contain an antiprion that defeats the disease and at the end of the book it is revealed that a month's treatment with the antiprion totally eradicated the prion. But, if all it took was a month's treatment and the soldier had been in the jungle for over 4 years, why did he succumb to the prion? He must have had well over a month's worth of the antiprion during his stay in the jungle. He should have then been free of the prion. This is never explained as far as I could see.

But, aside from that plot defect, this was a well-crafted novel and I'll look for other James Rollins books.

Journal Entry 5 by gypsysmom at Oak Hammock Marsh in Stonewall, Manitoba Canada on Sunday, April 1, 2012

Released 11 yrs ago (3/31/2012 UTC) at Oak Hammock Marsh in Stonewall, Manitoba Canada

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I left this book in the reception centre before we went out for a walk. We had already seen hawks, meadowlarks, snowy owls, canvasbacks, mergansers and Canada geese. After we left we saw more ducks and geese, a sandpiper, another snowy owl, two bald eagles and killdeers. It was a great day at the marsh. I hope the finder of this book had a great day too.
This release is for the 2012 52 Towns in 52 Weeks release challenge and is release #2

Journal Entry 6 by dmarcine at Stonewall, Manitoba Canada on Sunday, April 1, 2012
Good Day. i just found the book at Oak Hammock Marsh in the reception area. Will let you know what i think of the book.

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