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001 ocn884508550
003 OCoLC
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008 140724s2010 riua 000 0 eng d
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020 $a9781453604694
020 $a1453604693
035 $a(OCoLC)884508550
100 1 $aEllis, Mark.
245 10 $aCryptozoica /$cMark Ellis ; interior artwork and cover art Jeff Slemons.
260 $aNewport, RI :$bMillennial Concepts,$c2010.
300 $a410 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aDeep in the jungled hell of Big Tamtung, a forgotten island in the South China Seas, lies an ancient substance that will unlock the secrets of life on Earth-- Prima Materia, a fabled material that has been whispered about since Biblical times. Two centuries before, Charles Darwin discovered the last pool of Prima Materia on Big Tamtung and his discovery was suppressed by The School of Night, a secret society of scholars founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. Now, when a small group of scientists and fortune hunters explore the jungles of Big Tamtung, they must endure frightening tests of their ingenuity and courage, as they struggle against ancient terrors--a lost world of dinosaurs and a miracle older than time. With a non-human language spoken by Biblical patriarchs and coded secrets scribbled in the suppressed log of Darwin as their only clues, "Tombstone" Jack Kavanaugh and his partner, Augustus Crowe, discover secrets linking Prima Materia to the hidden history of humanity. Kavanaugh and Crowe lead a pair of cynical scientists and the notorious Madame Bai Suzhen through the seething cauldron of a bizarre ecosystem--the remnant of an Earth that was and might be again. Pursued by a crew of bloodthirsty Triad assassins and frighteningly intelligent monsters spawned by a twisted evolution, Kavanaugh and Crowe are no longer interested in seeking a fortune, but merely in staying alive. Deep in the broiling jungle, amid ruins half as old as time, they plunge into the heart of humanity's greatest mystery--and to a violent confrontation with a misshapen madman who lusts after a miracle but will settle for murder. Lavishly illustrated by Jeff Slemons!
650 0 $aScience fiction.
650 0 $aSuspense fiction.
650 0 $aAuthors.
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650 7 $aSuspense fiction.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01139687
700 1 $aSlemons, Jeff,$eillustrator.
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IME - 3 OTHER HOLDINGS