Congo: A Fast-Paced Jungle Thriller (World’s Scariest Places Book 7)

Name: Congo: A Fast-Paced Jungle Thriller (World’s Scariest Places Book 7)
Price: 8.95 USD
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Rating: 4.1 (20100 reviews)
Author: Jeremy Bates

by Jeremy Bates

Thriller

4.1 (20,100)

4.1 stars from 20,100 reviews. One of the highest rated Thriller books we track.

295 pages~4.9 hr readPublished by Ghillinnein BooksPublished 2012-10-23

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Perfect for you if...

You want fast-paced survival fiction with high stakes and real physical danger, not just psychological tension.
You enjoy thrillers where the setting itself is a character: hostile, primal, and utterly unforgiving.
You like stories where protagonists are ordinary people (or at least, not trained operatives) forced to use cunning over combat skills.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer slow-burn literary thrillers that spend time exploring character psychology.
You're squeamish about depictions of violence or wildlife attacks.
You want a romance subplot to anchor the emotional core of the story.

About this book

American movie star Scarlett Cox and her husband, hotel tycoon Salvador Brazza, travel to Africa to repair their struggling marriage. After being robbed of their money and passports, they visit the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam on the day Al Qaeda bombs it. They are taken hostage and transported across the border into the Congo, one of the last truly wild places on earth. Stranded in this violent, primeval environment, Scarlett and Sal must survive encounters with terrorists, deadly wildlife, and cannibalistic rebels. Their only potential rescuer is an assassin who has been sent to kill them.

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Currently 4.1★ from 20,100 reviews

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