![]() ![]() Eckman had been sent to South America to check on Dr. Needless to say, the discovery of a drug that could harness that ability would have nearly unlimited financial potential - and questionable ethics. Lakashi women are rumored to be able to give birth to children throughout their entire lives, even into their 70s. Annick Swenson, a Kurtz-like figure who has been left mostly to her own devices in the Brazilian jungle for the past two years to study the remarkable fertility of the Lakashi tribe. ![]() ![]() The news comes by way of a brief and cryptic letter from Dr. At the beginning of the novel, Marina receives the shocking news that her colleague, Anders Eckman, who has been working in the Amazon, has died there of a fever. Marina Singh is a scientist working for a major pharmaceutical company in Minnesota, after a disastrous accident during her residency ended her career path as an obstetrician-gynecologist. ![]()
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