Emerald Greed is an adventure set in the Pantanal, vast, inhospitable wetlands inthe center of South America at the headwaters of the Rio Paraguay. This booktells of the emerald trade, cocaine smuggling and of politics as practiced inBrazil. The story begins with Jack Tate in Rio de Janeiro, working to reestablishthe industry contacts he had prior to leaving for Africa to trade in the blooddiamonds that were fueling the Angolan Civil War. This African venture whichended in a Zairian prison left him destitute and therefore desperate enoughto head off into the Brazilian hinterlands in search of the fabled Borba Mine,knowing that Joaquim Fontes, the geologist who re-discovered it, and anothergem dealer sent to find him have both disappeared. As the story unfolds so doesa romance between Jack and Joaquims daughter, Marisa, who eventually leadshim to the mine where their quest begins.