| Without
official funding, Amelia has no choice
but to accept the offer of patronage
from the man she blames for her father's
bankruptcy and suicide, the fiercely
intelligent Abraham Quest. He has
found evidence that suggests the Camlantean
ruins are buried under one of the
sea-like lakes that dot the murderous
jungles of Liongeli.
Amelia undertakes an expedition deep
into the dark heart of the jungle,
blackmailing her old friend Commodore
Black into ferrying her across the
huge river of the Shedarkshe in his
ancient u-boat.
With an untrustworthy crew of freed convicts,
Quest's force of fiercesome female mercenaries
on board and a lunatic steamman safari hunter
acting as their guide, Amelia's luck seems
to be going from bad to worse. And she's
as yet unaware that her quest for the perfect
society is about to bring her own world
to the brink of destruction...
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