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There are three survivors after the Gremlin Special goes down in verdant jungle. Margaret, McCollum and Decker struggle making it up to high land, then find out they are not alone.

"Colonel Prossen searched for ways to ease the stress among his staff. On the 13th May 1945 he had arranged the most sought after prize, one certain to boost morale - a trip to Shangri-la. Margaret was at her desk when the invitation came..."

Members of Base G camp in Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, are given time out to fly over this wonderful hidden valley, where time has stood still. The only inhabitants are the 'Stone Age' Yali and Dani tribes-people who populate the jungle swathes. The flight in a plane called 'Gremlin Special' should be a real eye-opener, but then something goes badly wrong...

2. There are three survivors after The Gremlin Special goes down
in verdant jungle. Margaret, McCollum and Decker struggle making
it up to high land, then find out they are not alone...

Reader Nathan Osgood.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 10 May 2011 09:45
  • Wed 11 May 2011 00:30

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