Pursuit into Darkness — Daniel Pollock

PURSUIT INTO DARKNESS

Leaving his Oklahoma ranch behind, company chairman Sam Warrender pilots his twin-prop Cessna south to Venezuela and into the heart of Proteus Industries' latest tangle--the discovery of rare pre-Columbian artifacts on the site of a rich strike of iron ore. One hundred miles south of the great Orinoco River, the site is now defended by Dr. Arquimedeo Laya Lopez, a passionate archaeologist who sets himself up as a David against the giant corporation's Goliath.

The politically hot issue draws fire from the media and environmentalists, including film student Jacqueline Lee, the beautiful daughter of Proteus's new president. Sam is a seasoned hand at defusing explosive situations, but when terrorists attack the mine and Jacqueline is kidnapped, he plunges into the most dangerous mission he's ever tackled: a trek through the rain forests, jungle rivers, waterfalls and highlands of a ferocious wilderness to outwit Jacqueline's desperate captors....