Nero Newton
ASIN: B004S2OWQY
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 305
Something deadly was eliminated centuries ago in Europe. Now its cousins have awakened in the rainforest. ______________________________________________ WILD MEAT is a story of nocturnal primates, medieval drawings, transnational mobsters, and a strange new phenomenon on the Lonely-Planet-reading backpackers’ circuit.Fleeing on foot through the central African rainforest after a botched attempt to spy on loggers, Amy Kellet comes across the carcass of something that looks a lot like a bush baby – except that it’s at least ten times too big. Her description of the find on a zoological web forum is ignored by scientists, but not by others who would prefer that the animals' existence not be publicized. She also draws the attention of amateur historian Stephen Stokes, who sends Amy images of something that’s a pretty close match with the creature she saw. He says the drawings are from the ...