Synopsis
The Tarantula was a diamond – a diamond as big as a man’s greed: many men would fight for it, some would kill, some would die.
Martin Taggart found it, after six years’ grubbing in the steamy disease-ridden mines of Brazil.
Charles Caine claimed it – he had sponsored Taggart and that was the deal.
Paolo Estavez coveted it, and flew Caine and his entourage deep into the Mato Grosso to seek it out.
But Helen could sense its evil power.
It led them all into danger: into hostile country, clashes with Indians, desperate encounters with wild animals, hunger, thirst: many of them died.
With the eye of a true traveller, the pace and action of a Wilbur Smith novel, Philip Caveney brings the terrors of the Mato Grosso to life. The pace quickens as Caine sets his mafia-like organisation in brutal pursuit leading to a final confrontation of breathtaking complexity and excitement.
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Philip Caveney is the author of Tiger, Tiger. born in Wales in 1951, he now lives in Manchester and is at work on his next novel.
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The Tarantula Stone
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1985 FIRST EDITION. 377 Pages. Review copy (Review slip included). Glossy, illustrated, unclipped dustwrapper is bright, clean and unmarked. Book is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked (apart from ink blob bottom page 57). Pages are evenly lightly browned. No inscriptions. Very good ++ Philip Caveney (born 1951) is a British children's author, best known for the Sebastian Darke, Alec Devlin and Movie Maniacs novels. He previously wrote a number of thrillers for adults of which The Tarantula Stone was his second. Seller Inventory # B1922
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. A 15mm tear and 70mm crease to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 377, [3 (blank)] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 130mm. "The Tarantula was a diamond - a diamond as big as a man's greed: many men would fight for it, some would kill, some would die." - from dust-jacket blurb. The author's second novel. Seller Inventory # 23716
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