Kalahari

By Jessica Khoury

Book Overview

"Survivor meets James Bond in this page-turning mix of realism and science fiction."
--Voice of Youth Advocates

Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret...
But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own?

When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It's up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from years of growing up in remote and exotic locales. Battling dehydration, starvation and the pangs of first love, she does her best to hold it together, even as their circumstances grow increasingly desperate.

But soon a terrifying encounter makes Sarah question everything she's ever known about the natural world. A silver lion, as though made of mercury, makes a vicious, unprovoked attack on the group. After a narrow escape, they uncover the chilling truth behind the lion's silver sheen: a highly contagious and deadly virus that threatens to ravage the entire area--and eliminate life as they know it.

In this breathtaking new novel by the acclaimed author of Origin and Vitro, Sarah and the others must not only outrun the virus, but its creators, who will stop at nothing to wipe every trace of it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595147667
• ISBN13: 9781595147660
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

I don’t think you’ll regret buying this book

so just buy it already. Yes the silver lion on the cover is a theme throughout the book. 5 prissy city kids, 1 wild guide, you can image how it’s gonna go. Contains a bit of romance so…….if your into that

Amazing last book in the trilogy.

I enjoyed reading Origin, Vitro was even better, but I think Kalahari was the best of all three. I couldn't put it down, finished it in a day and a half. I loved the characters and plot twists!!!

Amazingly Captivating!

I really enjoyed the first two books of the Corpus series but this one was my absolute favorite. It was so thrilling to read and made me not want to put the book down until I uncovered all of the hidden secrets of Corpus. Khoury does a great job at describing the wildlife in Kalahari in a way that creates a clear picture in your mind of what is happening on this journey, I love it!