King Kong: The Island of the Skull
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King Kong: The Island of the Skull is a 324 page novel written by Matthew Costello in 2005. It serves as an official prequel to the 2005 film King Kong.
Synopsis
Official synopsis:
"Entrepreneur and filmmaker Carl Denham struggles to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry - but all of his charisma and showmanship may have to take a back seat to the greatest adventure yet to come...
Vaudeville regular and struggling actress Ann Darrow leaves the light of Broadway behind her for the sand and shores of Atlantic City - and makes a personal connection that will have ramifications on a life-altering experience yet to come...
Former Navy diver Sam Kelley, down on his luck in a Depression-ravaged San Francisco, throws caution to the wind and takes a shaky job an an even shakier pearl-diving ship, destined for one of the most extraordinary - and dangerous - locales on the face of the earth...
Three individuals leading separate lives - all inextricably bound by the hands of fate, each drawing inexorably closer to a place that will test the very limits of their humanity... and change the world forever...."
Plot
Prologue
The story begins with first mate Bradddock and the rest of an unnamed ship's crew dying of a horrible illness that makes eating impossible and ruins the skin. Braddock attempted to sway their Captain, Luis Garcia, to change their course for nearer land, but Captain Garcia insisted that they would continue on to the Riau Islands, on the grounds that their cargo would get them killed at any other port.
Ann Darrow
Elsewhere, aspiring screen actress Ann Darrow was at a casting office looking for work, and was assigned a role at Steel Pier in Atlantic City riding their "Diving Horses". When she got to Steel Pier, she found that the position for "Horse Divers" had already been filled, but she was instead offered the role of tour guide in the world's only recreational diving bell. After she accepted the position, she was made to take a ride in the bell even though it had been closed due to adverse weather condition, which caused minor difficulties for Ann in the bell. After her trip in the Bell, Ann was moved in with two other girls from the pier.
Sam Kelley
In San Francisco, Sam Kelley worked on a Navy Shipyard that was due to close in three days time due to the Economic Depression. While staffing a dive off the coast, He discovered that the lifeline had been cut, and went down to find the diver in the practice wreck that had been placed in the bay for training purposes. When Sam entered the wreck, which had spent five years underwater and was growing more and more unsafe, he located the missing diver, but found him pinned in the sharp and rusty radio room by a shelf that had fallen off the wall. Upon closer examination, Sam noticed the diver was wounded before beginning the process of removing the shelf. After getting the diver to safety, Sam was informed that the Navy Diving program was being shut down, which left him without a job days before he expected to be. He was later contacted by the diver he saved, who informed him of a job opportunity as a pearl diver.
Carl Denham
On board the S.S. Venture Carl Denham was returning to New York empty handed after going after a mythical giant Orca named "Killer" around the Baffin islands. With the Venture unable to travel on in the adverse weather conditions, they laid anchor at a rock outcropping near some spirals of smoke rising from just beyond some rocks. Wanting to get Inuit footage, Carl gathered his film crew and headed out. Before they got to the fires, they encountered a field of Leopard Seals. Wanting to get footage of the pups at the other end, Denham sent his cameraman into their midst. This proved to be an enormous error in judgement, as the seals attacked the intruder and left him badly wounded.
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References
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