MUTATION by "ROLAND SMITH" this book is all about Marty O'Hara and his friends luther Smyth and Dylan Hickock have managed to resuce Marty's cousin, Grace, from the clutches of her grandfather, the nefarious pseudonaturalist Noah Blackwood. Now their most dangerous mission lies ahead of them. Marty, Grace, and the Cryptons island crew race down to Brazil, to the jaguar preserve run by Dr. Robert Lansa and his son, Jake. But even the preserve isn't safe. When their friends begin disappearing one by one. Marty and Grace head into the rain forest in pursuit, where they discover that Noah Blackwood has twisted the natural order of things beyond their wildest, most terrifying dreams. Luther Percival Smyth IV, Marty's best friend and former roomate at OOPS in switerland, where they managed to get into a tremendous amount of trouble. About the author: ROLAND SMITH is the author of numerous award-wining books for young readers, including Crypid Hunters, Tentacles, Chupacabra, and the Storm Runners trilogy. For morethan twenty he worked as an animal keeper, traveling all over the world, before turning to writtting full time. Roland lives with his wife, Marie, on a smallfarm south of portland, Oregon.