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Summary: One of Cody's Very Best
Review: This is an incredible treat. Not a mystery like her later work but an advventure story and a study of what happens when a person is gradually removed from everything familiar. To what lengths will a person go to stay alive? This is a great read.
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Summary: One of Cody's Very Best
Review: This is an incredible treat. Not a mystery like her later work but an advventure story and a study of what happens when a person is gradually removed from everything familiar. To what lengths will a person go to stay alive? This is a great read.
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Summary: Beyond the pales.
Review: This is an outstanding piece of work. It is, however, not really classifiable as a mystery, or even a thriller. It is a high-energy adventure and survival story.The female protagonist is tough, independent, smart, and pretty savvy. But when she decides to go into a section of Africa that no one can tell her much about, she realizes that she has made a mistake. Of what use is money when transportation, food, and lodging is absolutely not available? And who in such a modern world would imagine that one could end up so thoroughly out of reach of civilisation? She gamely begins the battle to return home, but it seems that someone in her group has become the target for undercover political violence. Could it be her? Gritty (literally, since washing is a rare luxury in the rift) and suspenseful reading. The details are utterly evocative and convincing; the characters are fully realized. Cody is an outstanding writer, and this is one of her very best.
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Summary: Beyond the pales.
Review: This is an outstanding piece of work. It is, however, not really classifiable as a mystery, or even a thriller. It is a high-energy adventure and survival story. The female protagonist is tough, independent, smart, and pretty savvy. But when she decides to go into a section of Africa that no one can tell her much about, she realizes that she has made a mistake. Of what use is money when transportation, food, and lodging is absolutely not available? And who in such a modern world would imagine that one could end up so thoroughly out of reach of civilisation? She gamely begins the battle to return home, but it seems that someone in her group has become the target for undercover political violence. Could it be her? Gritty (literally, since washing is a rare luxury in the rift) and suspenseful reading. The details are utterly evocative and convincing; the characters are fully realized. Cody is an outstanding writer, and this is one of her very best.
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