Black rain
Subtitle: a thriller
By: Graham Brown
Contributors: Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: A Dell mass market original; A Dell book
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9780553592412
Description: Covert government operative Danielle Laidlaw leads an expedition into the deepest reaches of the Amazon in search of a legendary Mayan city. Assisted by a renowned university professor and protected by a mercenary named Hawker, her team journeys into the tangled rain forest--unaware that they are replacements for a group that vanished weeks before, and that the treasure they are seeking is no mere artifact but a breakthrough discovery that could transform the world.  Shadowed by a ruthless billionaire, threatened by a violent indigenous tribe, and stalked by an unseen enemy that leaves battered corpses in its wake, the group desperately seeks the connection between the deadly reality of the Mayan legend, the nomadic tribe that haunts them, and the chilling secret buried beneath the ancient ruins.