Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls Congo a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, featuring the mines of that work's title.
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Also contained in:
- [Congo/Jurassic Park](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8475707W)
- [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead][2]
[1]: http://www.michaelcrichton.com/congo/
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead
Book Details
Format
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN-10
0061782556
ISBN-13
9780061782558
Publication Date
Apr 2009
Item Weight
0.60 pounds
Length
7.52 inch
Width
4.17 inch
Height
1.10 inch
First Sentence
TEN THOUSAND MILE AWAY, IN THE COLD, WINdowless main data room of Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc., of Houston, Karen Ross sat hunched over a mug of coffee in front of a computer terminal, reviewing the latest Landsat images from Africa.
