River of Death (novel)
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| River of Death | |
 1981 USA paperback cover |
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| Author | Alistair MacLean |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller Novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday (Paperback by Fawcett Crest ) |
| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Pages | 215 pp. |
| ISBN | 044920058-2 |
| Preceded by | Athabasca |
| Followed by | Partisans |
River of Death is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, first published in 1981. As with most of MacLean's novels, it depicts adventure, treachery, and murder in an unforgiving environment, but is set this time in the steamy jungles of South America instead of above the Arctic Circle.
[edit] Plot introduction
Hamilton, allegedly an expert on the jungle, shows up in Brazil having apparently found a lost Indian civilization in the wilderness of the Amazon jungle. This attracts the attention of Smith, a wealthy German who appeared out of nowhere in the late 1940s with a fortune and group of ruthless cronies. Smith hires Hamilton to take him to see the lost city. Hamilton with his two trusty companions, together with Smith and his entourage set off, facing giant anacondas, giant spiders, cannibalistic natives, and so on, discovering a settlement of Nazi war criminals and their descendents, living as if the Third Reich had never ended.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
River of Death was made into a movie in 1989, directed by Steve Carter, and starring Michael Dudikoff, Robert Vaughn, and Donald Pleasence.
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