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The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian

4.0

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Set during the 1964 Cold war and Simba rebellion in the eastern Congo. Beloved movie star Katie Barstow hosts an all-expenses-paid photo safari to Kenya with her new husband, David Hill; her brother, Billy Stepanov; Billy’s pregnant wife, Margie; and their friends, including the actors Terrance Dutton and Carmen Tedesco, and Carmen’s husband, Felix Demeter. Shortly after they arrive, the group and their guides are kidnapped. Their captors are Russian with noms de guerre taken from American astronauts.