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'It is a secret the Chinese government has been keeping for forty years.
'They have found a species of animal no one believed even existed. It will amaze the world.
'Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr Cassandra Jane ‘CJ’ Cameron, a writer for National Geographic and an expert on reptiles.
'The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will be struck with wonder at these beasts, that they are perfectly safe, and that nothing can go wrong... ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Kate, Lovely, loyal and brave, too.
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Epigraph:
[American zoos] are visited each year by more than a hundred million people, a number that exceeds the combined attendance of all big league baseball, football and basketball games. -National Geographic
Here, there be dragons. -Warning written on ancient maps to define an unknown region.
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Works about this Work
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Book Review – The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;
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Tween Favourites Vie for Supremacy
Christmas Books Weigh in, and Not a Politico in Sight
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 December 2014; (p. 18) The Saturday Age , 6-7 December 2014; (p. 19) -
When Dragon Dreams Turn into a Nightmare
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 November 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
Jurassic Park on Steroids, with Dragons
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 November 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
For Love of a Zoo, a Book Was Born
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 November 2014; (p. 26) The Sunday Age , 23 November 2014; (p. 16)
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Matthew Reilly and the Problem With China
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 November 2014; The Age , 8 November 2014; The Canberra Times , 8 November 2014;
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
Jurassic Park on Steroids, with Dragons
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 November 2014; (p. 22)
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
When Dragon Dreams Turn into a Nightmare
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 November 2014; (p. 16)
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
Book Review – The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;
— Review of The Great Zoo of China 2014 single work novel -
For Love of a Zoo, a Book Was Born
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 23 November 2014; (p. 26) The Sunday Age , 23 November 2014; (p. 16) -
Tween Favourites Vie for Supremacy
Christmas Books Weigh in, and Not a Politico in Sight
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 December 2014; (p. 18) The Saturday Age , 6-7 December 2014; (p. 19)