Drilling for Disaster in a Colombian Jungle

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Young American geologist Steven Darcy—optimistic but inexperienced—leaps at the opportunity to record a Colombian oil show on a drilling project. After a heart-thumping flight; a Jeep ride on hazardous back roads; and a night riverboat trip illuminated by amber eyes of hungry alligators, he arrives at the well to discover a potential blowout as gushing hot mud overflows. His samples verify: oil! Yet rig engineers sneer at his incompetence. When Darcy swears to tell the boss in Bogota his discovery, it sets in motion an alligator hunt in which Darcy suspects he is actually the prey. He escapes into the blackened jungles amid flashes of gunfire. When the company’s chief geologist arrives, Darcy reveals his discovery. The response—a drawn gun! Are Darcy’s findings wrong or has a conspiracy to skim profits penetrated the highest ranks? Does Darcy face death from more than just an alligator’s jaws?