Peter Benchley's Amazon: The Ghost Tribe

by Rob MacGregor

Based on the television phenomenon, "Peter Benchley's Amazon "TM" ", here now is the untold beginning of an adventure to stagger the imagination. In the year 1627, a brutal gale strands a pilgrim ship on the shores of South America. And so begins a drama that will ultimately span centuries, as a handful of shipwrecked European voyagers struggle to survive in the most inhospitable jungle on Earth. In this dark and savage land of wondrous discovery and sudden, terrible death, they will build a new life, and forge a remarkable civilization, whose ancestors will be there to greet another group of survivors more than three hundred years later.

Genres: Fiction, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Horror, Action

Library Binding

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Rob MacGregor is author of 19 novels, 14 non-fiction books, and has teamed with George Lucas and Peter Benchley. He is a winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for mystery writing, and has been on the New York Times best-seller’s list. He writes both adult and young adult mysteries, adventure, and science fiction/fantasy. He’s best known for his seven Indiana Jones novels. He co-authored The Fog with Bruce Gernon, and with his wife, Trish, co-authored three books on synchronicity. His latest book is Aliens in the Backyard: UFO Encounters, Abductions, and Synchronicity. In his spare time, Rob teaches yoga and meditation.

Reviews

[Alan Hoffman]

Takes place entirely before the story in the TV miniseries, about puritans colonizing the Amazon. Guess it was written as marketing tie-in with the TV show. Not very deep characters or history, but moves pretty quickly for 400 pages, like an adventure story, with a lot of kidnappings and rescues (which may get repetitive for some people).

[Rob · Rating 1 out of 5]

The only book that I have read in which I just wished everyone would die so I could get on to another book.

[Danna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entertaining in a "Based on the Hit TV Show!" sort of way; historical fiction for a present-day fictional story. Time to stop snacking and move on to the other things on my currently-reading list.

[Diane Tomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action packed from beginning to end. Several moments where you can't believe what just happened!

[Yarnigras · Rating 1 out of 5]

Note to self.....make sure it is a Peter Benchley book.....this was meh

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was quite the epoch spanning over decades and following a group of shipwrecked, stranded, Puritan survivors in the jungles of South America. Mostly I just couldn't wait for some of the main characters to die because they were terrible human beings.

[Nathan Kelkenberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast paced, entertaining and easy to follow.

[Jon]

historical fiction : 9 out of 10: very well done and captivating read!

[Gary Barrentine]

Great story, I found myself yelling at some of the characters while reading it.

[Alisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Peter Benchley does NOT disappoint. If you like adventure, READ this book!

[Lucy Khan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could not finish reading it. Was not a fan. But there are other books by Peter that are really good, just not this one, I just couldn’t get into it.