Dimensions
131 x 201 x 13mm
Australia’s strict quarantine rules have been breached and an alien strain of Dermatobia Hominis, the human botfly, has crossed with the harmless native variety, creating a new and deadly strain which flourishes with all the vigour of an introduced species.
Scientists race to find a remedy. Thirteen-year-old Adam Wilde’s father is searching for a variety of botfly safe to humans and genetically dominant to the deadly Variant X.
He establishes a floating laboratory on a tributary of the Amazon, working in cooperation with the local Indians. Adam’s tranquil existence on board Carlotta is disturbed by the arrival of an old friend and colleague of his parents who has come to help; bringing his fourteen-year-old daughter Sharma with him. Adam resents Sharma’s intrusion and she, in turn, is hostile towards Adam and his family. In the heat and humidity of the forest, tension builds and things start to go very wrong.
