Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold, accompanying his eccentric grandmother, a writer, on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

"Once again Alexander Cold and his indomitable journalist grandmother, Kate, are braving the mystical unknown, this time in the heart of Africa. Along with Alex's friend Nadia Santos and a photographic crew from International Geographic magazine, they have travelled to Kenya to work on an article about the continent's first elephant-led safaris. But when a missionary approaches their camp in search of companions who have mysteriously disappeared,...