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Professor Amelia Harsh is driven by an obsession to uncover Camlantis, a fabled pre‑historic city that allegedly achieved a utopian society free of hunger, war, and disease. After losing her university position for her radical theories, she accepts funding from the wealthy Abraham Quest, who offers an ancient crystal‑book suggesting the ruins lie beneath a lake in the jungle of Liongeli. With an unsteady crew aboard Quest’s U‑boat and a steammen guide, Amelia ventures into the jungle’s dark heart. Her pursuit of a perfect society threatens to bring her own world to the brink of destruction.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Exploration Adventure
Authors: Stephen Hunt
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