A VACATION ADVENTURE
GONE WRONG
Reality-based programs built around danger and survival have proved wildly successful to an audience of armchair adventurers. But how would
the same viewers feel if the adventure turned deadly, the
participants began dying like flies,and there were
no way to change the channel?
In Bradford Dillman's new action-packed adventure novel, vacation turns to nightmare when a plane filled with American tourists is hijacked by terrorists and forced to make a crash landing in a swamp. With many dead, including the terrorists, the remaining passengers have only begun to contemplate rescue when they are discovered by a tribe of wild headhunters--isolated from pre-history--that inhabit the area.
We're privy to the characters' inner thoughts and struggles as they each rise, or stumble, to the dangers with which they're presented. The survivors are subjected to degrading dietary, sanitary, and psychological conditions, and each demonstrates a personal weakness or strength that seals their fate.
Believe it or not, this adventure and suspense novel is not all dark. We become involved with these passengers and crew members as we get to know them intimately, and as each exploit demands their psychic and physical attention. Their pasts are revealed, and we are treated to tales of humor, love, sex, and compassion. But we're reminded, over and over, that life is fragile, and that now our heroes' lives are in the hands of superstitious stone-age savages who have never seen white people before.
Finally, when the captives run out of options and out of time, they attempt a long-shot escape in a canoe down a river to the sea, buffeted by treacherous tides, rocks, and rapids. Some of the passengers don't make it; they die in ways that fulfill their worst fears. Four reach the sea, where--out in the open, away from the jungle--they're spotted by rescuers and saved. But unlike the survivors of "Survivor," these escapees do not collect a million dollars. Instead they win a prize far more valuable--their very lives--and a lifetime of nightmares and memories.
This page turner has it all--adventure, suspense, romance, chivalry, action, sex--so fasten your seat belts!
Bradford Dillman has worked as an actor for nearly 50 years. He has acted on and off Broadway, in over 60 films, and in over 140 hours of television. He has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a Cannes Film Festival Award as Best Actor. He is also the author of Are You Anybody, a memoir, and Drop Kick, a sports novel. |
