The Tarantula Stone. Philip Caveney

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Copyright

      This is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

      First published in 1985 by Granada Publishing

      Copyright © Philip Caveney 1985

       Philip Caveney asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Ebook Edition © MAY 2015 ISBN: 9780008127992

      Version: 2015-04-16

Dedication

      For Rachel …

      who doesn’t like adventure stories

Author’s Note

      I am aware that the cruzeiro did not actually become the currency of Brazil until 5 October 1942; but in the interests of the story, I deemed it advisable to disregard this fact. A change of currency seemed an unnecessary complication in an otherwise straightforward tale, which is, after all, intended as a celebration of a time when the world was not yet inextricably bound up with lengths of red tape. I trust that the purists among you will forgive this minor presumption.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Author’s Note

Part One: The Last Flight

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Part Two: Before the Rains

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Part Three: Downriver

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Epilogue

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       By Philip Caveney

       About the Publisher

Prologue

      The backstreet bar was very nearly empty. Mark Austin settled himself onto a vacant stool at the counter and ordered cachaça. The bar-man, a dark-skinned young caboclo, brought him the drink and then left him to consume it in peace. Beyond the open doorway of the bar, the СКАЧАТЬ