Mine

It's 1963 and Katie Winston, a young zoologist working on her doctoral thesis at the Zoologico de Sao Paulo, is asked to write a brief impact study for a dam about to be built on a tributary of the Amazon River in the jungles of northern Brazil. She travels from a bustling city to a construction camp at the edge of a deep jungle valley. After a harrowing adventure, just getting to the location, her arrival is met with animosity. The foreman considers her study a waste of time and her presence in a camp full of men, a dangerous distraction. She befriends two heavy machinery operators. One is a giant of a man who played football for the University of Alabama and sees Katie as a surrogate daughter. The other, younger operator, Chris, shares an instant attraction with Katie. The rest of the workers are far less kind. From the moment she arrives, it's clear she isn't expected to do any actual research or even write a report. A determined Katie decides to descend into the jungle valley alone. Everyone is taken by surprise, including the extraordinary primate society that call the valley home. When she returns, she takes a stand. Protecting the valley and creatures becomes paramount, given their intelligence and important place in human evolution. Her discovery is met with hostility. Nothing will prevent the construction plans from moving forward, so Katie returns to the valley hoping her presence will keep it from being destroyed. Unfortunately for Katie, the government is prepared to sacrifice her to keep the project on schedule. Trouble in Vietnam has prompted the development of a new explosive defoliant, and the valley will be the location of its first real world live fire test. The total destruction of everything in the valley will render the inconvenient discovery of the new species moot. Katie, cut off from any communication, has no way of knowing the seriousness of her situation. With the clock ticking, Chris races to help Katie save the creatures.

Laura Martial and her two daughters, Adrienne and June receive word that her estranged aunt Katie has died under suspicious circumstances, and Laura is her sole heir. Katie's wrecked truck had been discovered by a young man from the Farmer's Cooperative, but it takes a small group of searchers to find her body in the woods of her remote western farm. Unknown to Laura, Lloyd, a local hunter and poacher, aids in the search and is attacked by a strange primate species none of the other searchers see. Laura and her children travel from their home in Seattle to the edge of the Rocky Mountains to settle the estate. They slowly discover Katie's many untold secrets. Journals written long ago, when she worked as a zoologist in Brazil, introduce Laura to a strange primate species. Meanwhile, June, the youngest daughter, makes an exciting discovery of her own and turns up with an unusual new friend. Katie hadn't returned from the Amazon alone. The sheriff continues to investigate Katie's death and looks for Lloyd, who has suspiciously disappeared. A persistent small-town reporter asks questions about Laura's unexpected inheritance and family relationships. He makes some exciting discoveries, the most enticing of which is the untold secret of the Winston family's wealth. Back in Seattle, Laura's husband Richard is facing a financial crisis and sees the sale of the remote western farm as an easy solution. Now that she knows why her aunt was so reclusive and the family's relationship was so distant, she refuses to sell. Furious, Richard sends two of his shady associates to change her mind. As various parties converge on the farm in pursuit of their personal interests, the creatures who call the farm home defend it. June goes missing in the chaos, and everyone and everything is looking for her. A body surfaces with horrific injuries prompting the police to investigate yet another suspicious death on the farm. The sheriff wonders if the reports of wild animal attacks near the remote farm over the years were true. Richard's men arrive to secretly assess the farm and find more than they expect. As the strange primates fight to defend their territory, paths cross, alliances are formed, and the question of what's yours and what's MINE is answered.