This book takes place in Africa.  The beginning of the book it takes place in Congo River most of the rest of the book take place in Namibia in a place called  the Skeleton coast. The Skeleton coast is on the southwest side of Africa a place where many ships were ship wrecked. There is one chapter that takes place in Switzerland where a scientist Geoffrey Merrick is kidnapped from. He was taken to an old German jail base in the Kalahari desert called the Devil Oasis. The story describes the heat and discomfort that people come across in Africa. There are scenes that take place on oil rigs off the coast of Namibia. It is brutal and rough. The fact that it all takes place in Africa makes it exciting and different there is a lot of unknown in africa. The scenes that take place in the ocean make you realize how unpredictable it is. it all makes the book more exciting.