Name: Congo
Rating: 3.574712643678161 (87 reviews)
ISBN: 9780060541835

Michael Crichton

Armed with the latest gifts of advanced technology, a California scientist, a ruthless corporation agent, and a mercenary hunter face the dangers of the Congo jungle in search of the diamonds of the lost city of Zinj. Reprint.

Congo

This book was so well written a little bit darker than some of his other stories but definitely worth the read! I’m usually not into this type of book but the writing style kept me hooked.

Kindal Comeaux

Earth Resources Technology Services have sent a geological project into the deep, dark regions of the Congo. Their mission is to discover an ancient lost city known to be the last source of the precious blue diamond. The area is said to have a cursor it, a curse no-one believes until the entire party are mysteriously killed one night, Back at the project's base in Houston through a satellite link-up with the wrecked the camera, something that looks almost like a gorilla, almost like a man...

Karen Ross, is the young, nightly intelligent scientist sent to the Congo to discover what caused the untimely death of her colleagues. She has joined forces with Peter Elliot, an innovative primatologist who is desperate to bring his own project to the jungle - Amy - a gorilla fluent in sign language who has been having bizarre dreams about her past in the lost city...

Together, they enter a world lost to man for centuries where only primitive instincts for survival can save them from the dangers ahead.
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Fraser Simons

Admittedly, what brought this up from a 3 star for me was that I was just really interested in the science and history packed into this. It’s like a snapshot of computer science and a bit of spec fiction coupled with interesting stuff about primates and diamonds. The actual structure and plot is pretty basic, but I found it to be fun.

Congo

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