Amazonas

Brilliantly translated from the Portuguese by Brazilian born Dr. Heather Faith Pidcoke, this gripping novel, "Amazonas," weaves through a labyrinth of intrigue, romance, drugs, environmental havoc and international politics--snaking through the jungles of Brazil, riding the currents of the mother of all rivers.Written with the authenticity only available to one who has delved deep into the Amazon jungles, this book tells the fictionalized story based on many actual incidents where Germans, French, Israeli, Arabs, Brazilians and Colombians vie with the indigenous for power in a setting which can be breathtakingly ravishing, yet dangerously hostile. The conspiracy at the heart of this story lures a brilliant scientist and a beautiful intelligence officer into the rain forest as they scramble to seek out answers against a ticking time bomb--unlikely colleageus banded together against common foes. The Amazon River carries the good and evil toward a swift, action-packed finale.