The City Of Animals
By (Author) Alan Mills
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
1st March 2007
Australia
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
A823
Paperback
578
Width 117mm, Height 180mm, Spine 35mm
308g
A killer stalks his prey within the walls of a Sydney zoo ...
Nikiya Adams, a producer on David Attenborough's tV series Life On Earth, travels from England to Sydney to research the endangered species breeding programs of the Royal Prince Albert Zoo. the zoo's director is Dr James Rivers, who Nikiya fell in love with ten years ago and has never forgotten.Arriving at the Royal Prince Albert, she is plunged into a web of intrigue and mounting fear as Dr Rivers' plans for modernising the zoo come under attack. When Nikiya and Rivers become trapped in the zoo at night, they find themselves in a hunting ground, and Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' takes on a terrible meaning ... Against the fascinating background of the operations of a major zoo, Alan Mills crafts an enthralling story of conspiracy, terror and the struggle to protect endangered species.
Alan Mills was born in England but migrated to Australia at the age of 23. He has worked (among other jobs) as a copywriter and creative director in advertising agencies. He has an MA (Hons) in Creative Writing and has written several screenplays, one recently nominated for the Australian Writers Guilds Monte Miller Award. Alan currently freelances as a direct marketing copywriter. He lives with his wife in Artarmon, NSW.