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John Yunger's first novel, THE TOURIST TRAIL, is an ambitious undertaking. He has woven many themes, i.e. environmental causes, ecoterrorism, romance, and the high seas into a single story populated with complex and rabid characters who are matter-of-fact in their embrace of martyrdom. Does it all work? Sort of.

Biologist Angela Haynes is a penguin researcher in Patagonia, accustomed to a lonely life in a desolate landscape. But she's dedicated and driven, enduring the bites and scratches of wild birds that object to having tracking tags attached to them. Nothing distracts her, and hasn't for years, until a scraggly stranger shows up and eventually convinces her to follow him on his continuing war against whale poachers.

Others are also following Aeneas, Angela's mysterious new friend. Robert and Lynda, a couple of FBI agents, want to arrest him. Ethan, searching for Annie, his lost love, is trying to find him because he believes Aeneas holds the secret of her disappearance. Annie, Ethan's love interest, is an environmental activist who has spent a lot of time in jail for protesting various causes before her untimely vanishing act. Jake, in reality Robert under cover, falls for Noa, another of Aeneas' followers, compromising his law enforcement role. The author is able to keep all this humanity in check and ties them neatly together by the end of the book.

Yunger writes about what he knows. As a former penguin researcher himself, he develops the reader's interest in penguins through extensive reportage on their lives. You'll know more about penguins than you ever imagined after reading this book. His writing is straightforward and crisp; his characters, although somewhat flat, are clearly defined; his scenic backdrops are magnificent. I could actually feel the grit of the Patagonia scrublands and the chill of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Although not as rabid about eating vegetables and embracing environmental causes as the author appears to be, I was not turned off because of any preaching in his writing. Some of his reasoning for character turnabouts seemed somewhat unimaginative to me. But, on the whole, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it as an informative and entertaining read.

Schuyler T Wallace
Author of TIN LIZARD TALES


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The Tourist Trail A Novel Across Oceans John Yunker Books Reviews

This is one of the best novels I have read in a long time. One of the things I liked best about this story was the atmosphere and authenticity.
The main character Aeneas was based on Paul Watson. I have had the pleasure of knowing Paul Watson since we all worked together in Greenpeace before the Sea Shepherd Society was founded. We have spent many evenings in parties and bars listening to the numerous stories about whaling and efforts to save whales. John Yunker describes the animal rights characters with much accuracy. I am not saying that Aeneas is a duplicate of Paul Watson, but there are definite similiarities.
Paul has devoted his life to saving animals. This story needs to be told. The antiwhaling ships first went out in the 1970's, and unfortunately they are still needed today.
John Yunker depicts the anti-whalers as being a little bit eccentric, real and courageous. They are all of those things. These people give up careers, relationships and risk their lives.
The penguins allowed us to see some of the animals up close, and the scenes of the whales being slaughtered were not exaggerated. Many parts of this book are can't put it down, suspensful.
Well done John, I hope you sell at least a million copies.
A few weeks back I searched , looking for something out of the ordinary to read. Eco-fiction? doesn't have such a category! Fortunately, John Yunker's gem, "The Tourist Trail," found its way onto my computer screen.

I love fiction that holds your interest, with a compelling plot, but also contains enough reality to be informative. The Tourist Trail does that and more.

From a personal standpoint, I could relate to this book. This was especially true when one of the characters was trying to be vegan, only to have a small mistake expose his imperfect quest. Having been involved with an activist group that almost lost its direction because of frequent spats between vegans and non-vegans, I thought Yunker did an effective job on this subplot. Good characters, and even good causes, are seldom perfect.

I have also been to many of the locations described in this book. Experiencing them again, through Yunker's writing, brought those locations back to life.

Despite all the realism, The Tourist Trail's plot twists were obviously fiction--and that's a good thing. You'll find yourself guessing "how is this going to end?" And even if you figure out the ending early--as I did--you'll feel satisfied that both you and the author had the same conclusion in mind. So pick up The Tourist Trail and be swept me away!

If John Yunker keeps writing, he could soon be the standard-bearer for eco-fiction. I'm looking forward to his next book.

Marty Essen
Author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet Exploring the Seven Continents
The second half of this story was thrilling and had a very satisfying ending. But I have to admit I almost didn't make it. The story started out fine, good character development, a little bit of mystery, warm and humorous tidbits. But then some new characters were introduced rather clumsily and the story seemed to stall a bit. The Ethan character just didn't ring true so I put it aside for a few days. Then I started to feel curious where it might go so I picked it back up. I'm glad I did. The pace picked up considerably in the second half and the author did a good job of bringing different story arc's together for an exciting conclusion. Glad I read it.
John Yunger's first novel, THE TOURIST TRAIL, is an ambitious undertaking. He has woven many themes, i.e. environmental causes, ecoterrorism, romance, and the high seas into a single story populated with complex and rabid characters who are matter-of-fact in their embrace of martyrdom. Does it all work? Sort of.

Biologist Angela Haynes is a penguin researcher in Patagonia, accustomed to a lonely life in a desolate landscape. But she's dedicated and driven, enduring the bites and scratches of wild birds that object to having tracking tags attached to them. Nothing distracts her, and hasn't for years, until a scraggly stranger shows up and eventually convinces her to follow him on his continuing war against whale poachers.

Others are also following Aeneas, Angela's mysterious new friend. Robert and Lynda, a couple of FBI agents, want to arrest him. Ethan, searching for Annie, his lost love, is trying to find him because he believes Aeneas holds the secret of her disappearance. Annie, Ethan's love interest, is an environmental activist who has spent a lot of time in jail for protesting various causes before her untimely vanishing act. Jake, in reality Robert under cover, falls for Noa, another of Aeneas' followers, compromising his law enforcement role. The author is able to keep all this humanity in check and ties them neatly together by the end of the book.

Yunger writes about what he knows. As a former penguin researcher himself, he develops the reader's interest in penguins through extensive reportage on their lives. You'll know more about penguins than you ever imagined after reading this book. His writing is straightforward and crisp; his characters, although somewhat flat, are clearly defined; his scenic backdrops are magnificent. I could actually feel the grit of the Patagonia scrublands and the chill of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Although not as rabid about eating vegetables and embracing environmental causes as the author appears to be, I was not turned off because of any preaching in his writing. Some of his reasoning for character turnabouts seemed somewhat unimaginative to me. But, on the whole, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it as an informative and entertaining read.

Schuyler T Wallace
Author of TIN LIZARD TALES