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Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition of eight American geologists are 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, 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 finger paint. 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.....

Congo was adapted to the screen and directed by Frank Marshall.

©1980 CrichtonSun LLC (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Fantasy Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting
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not the best I mean its quite dull in places and relates more to the safari (journey) then the mysterious destination zinch

not brilliant but okay

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was a great listen, had me gripped from start to finish. Good narration. some of the narrators sound effects had me in hysterics.

great listen

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great book
wonderfully read
will definitely listen to it again
top book top narrator

wonderfully read

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Don't be put off by the average at best 1995 movie, the book has plenty of story lines not included in the film, plus an excellent presentation. 5*

Better than Jurassic Park!

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I enjoyed this book, I have always loved Michael Crichton and this book is very much like his other novels.
As others mention there is A LOT of science and technological jargon in this book (too much perhaps?) but reading this in 2020, with the book being 40 years old, its staggering how much of the predictions in the book have come true and for that reason alone I also (mostly) enjoyed the science bits too, though the action and wildlife bits were by far my favorite part of the book.
I, however, did not enjoy the narration all the time, when she is narrating the storyline and the female character it's perfectly fine, but for some reason she gives all the male characters a drawling, stupid voice, almost like they are high or half asleep or just unintelligent, which doesn't match the storyline, and most male characters have same voice, which means I lost track of who was talking sometimes. ,
Overall good and I enjoyed it..

Sci-fi greatness considering it's from 1980

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