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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 City of Animals
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'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.'

Notes

  • Dedication: For my wife, Yukiko, with all my love. Also, the filmmaker, the dancer, the puzzler and the chindit: Scott, Robert, Connie and Harry. You're the best.
  • Epigraph: Nothing which we can imagine about nature is incredible.
    Pliny the Elder
  • Epigraph: Man is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species.
    William James

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2006 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 484p.
      Description: illus., map
      Reprinted: 1 Mar 2007
      Note/s:
      • 'There is no refuge for man or beast'. (appears on cover)
      • Includes an extract from The Raft.
      ISBN: 073228046X, 9780732280475

Works about this Work

Romance Writing Alan Mills , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , May no. 158 2006; (p. 11, 22)
Untitled Deborah Crabtree , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 85 no. 10 2006; (p. 49)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 June 2006; (p. 38)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel ; Shadow Thief Marion Campbell , 2006 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 May 2006; (p. 27)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel ; Bye, Beautiful Julia Lawrinson , 2006 single work novel
Fiction Cameron Woodhead , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 May 2006; (p. 27)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel ; Bye, Beautiful Julia Lawrinson , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 June 2006; (p. 38)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel ; Shadow Thief Marion Campbell , 2006 single work novel
Untitled Deborah Crabtree , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 85 no. 10 2006; (p. 49)

— Review of City of Animals Alan Mills , 2006 single work novel
Romance Writing Alan Mills , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , May no. 158 2006; (p. 11, 22)
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