Daunt Books

An atmospheric and multi-layered novel, from a master storyteller. After an employee of a pharmaceutical company dies in the Amazon in mysterious circumstances, fellow researcher Dr Marina Singh is sent to establish what happened to him. At the same time, she is tasked with tracking down her former mentor - a researcher who has disappeared after years spent looking at the reproductive habits of a local tribe where women can reproduce well into middle age and beyond. Confronted with the darkness and humidity of the jungle, Singh must address tragedy, sacrifice and loss on both an interior and exterior level.

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