Margo Green, a graduate student working in a museum in New York City, uncovers a link between people being savagely murdered, a failed Amazonian expedition, and an odd figurine that will be displayed for the first time.
When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold, accompanying his eccentric grandmother, a writer, on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.
Examines the various species of animals that inhabit Amazonia including the giant pirarucu fish, monkey frogs, the red-faced uakari monkey, and the sloth.