Toxic
Hidden in the heart of the rainforest lies a secret ... an amazing frog that holds the key to staying young for ever.
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Billionaire Anura Hegarty says that she's on a mission to save the rainforest ... she's lying.
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Jessica and Renata are determined to protect the frog from Anura's toxic plans ... but first they have to find it.
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Danger and betrayal lurk around every corner, and soon they are running for their lives, dodging blow darts, poachers and giant snakes. As their adventure turns deadly, can they protect the frog and make it out alive?
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A paradoxical paradise ...
The Amazon rainforest is fascinating. There are few environments on Earth that are so crammed with life – where plants, birds, animals, insects, and fungi thrive so exuberantly. But it is also a dangerous and deadly place. It is a paradoxical paradise, brimming with vitality and venom.
In recent decades, this place of breath-taking beauty has been transformed into a site of hideous devastation. Every minute of every day, 150 acres of rainforest are lost around the globe as a result of human activity. And with the trees go the animals. There is no way of knowing how many species may have been driven to extinction due to deforestation, but we can be certain that many marvellous creatures are being lost before we even become aware of their existence.
Rainforests are sometimes described as ‘Nature’s pharmacy’ due to the number of medicines and cures that can be derived from their resident species. And this got me thinking. What if, through our callousness and carelessness, we were eliminating species that had the power to solve some of our most enduring problems – problems like ageing? What would people do to find and capture a creature that could turn back the hands of time? How much would they be willing to sacrifice to secure such a power?
These are the questions that compel Jessica and her friend Renata to step into the rainforest, on a quest to find a rare frog before it is seized by billionaire beauty magnate, Anura Hegarty. Inspired by fairy tales and folklore, Toxic is a wild adventure that journeys deep into the dark heart of human desire.