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City Of The Amazons Book Summary

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After his mother falls ill, Alex Cold is forced to go on a trip to the Amazon with his eccentric grandma that is a magazine reporter, Kate Cold. They will travel along the Amazon for the purpose of finding the “Beast of the Amazon.” Their team consists of an ignorant anthropologist, Ludovic LeBlanc, a beautiful doctor, Omayra Torres, their guide and his daughter, Cesar and Nadia Santos, a suspicious city man, Karakawe, two photographers, soldiers that are employed by Captain Ariosto and Mauro Carias, and some people of the Amazon. Before venturing out onto the river, the team stops at a small town where Alex and Nadia figure out that there is an evil plan to exploit the Amazon being formed by Captain Ariosto, Mauro Carias, and someone …show more content…

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