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Published Dec. 21, 2009 by Delacorte Press.

ISBN:
978-0-553-80753-0
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OCLC Number:
426035867

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In this powerhouse of suspense--as brilliantly imagined as Jurassic Park and The Ruins--scientists have made a startling discovery: a fragment of a lost continent, an island with an ecosystem unlike any they've seen before . . . an ecosystem that could topple ours like a house of cards. The time is now. The place is the Trident, a long-range research vessel hired by the reality TV show Sealife. Aboard is a cast of ambitious young scientists. With a director dying for drama, tiny Henders Island might be just what the show needs. Until the first scientist sets foot on Henders--and the ultimate test of survival begins . . .For when they reach the island's shores, scientists are utterly unprepared for what they find--creatures unlike any ever recorded in natural history. This is not a lost world frozen in time, an island of mutants, or a lab where science has gone …

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Subjects

  • Reality television programs -- Fiction
  • Botanists -- Fiction
  • Biologists -- Fiction
  • Island animals -- Fiction
  • Evolution (Biology) -- Fiction