The Tourist Trail, John Yunker
The Tourist Trail, John Yunker
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The Tourist Trail
Book One of the Across Oceans Trilogy

Author: John Yunker

Narrator: John Yunker

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2020


Synopsis

An IndieReader Discovery Award Winner: The Tourist Trail is a literary thriller about endangered species in the world's most remote areas, and those who put their lives on the line to protect them. Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, to meager supplies and housing, to spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on earth. What she isn’t used to is strange men washing ashore, which happens one day on her watch. The man won’t tell her his name or where he came from, but Angela, who has a soft spot for strays, tends to him, if for no other reason than to protect her birds and her work. When she later learns why he goes by an alias, why he is a refugee from the law, and why he is a man without a port, she begins to fall in love—and embarks on a journey that takes her deep into Antarctic waters, and even deeper into the emotional territory she thought she’d left behind. Against the backdrop of the Southern Ocean, The Tourist Trail weaves together the stories of Angela as well as FBI agent Robert Porter, dispatched on a mission that unearths a past he would rather keep buried; and Ethan Downes, a computer tech whose love for a passionate animal rights activist draws him into a dangerous mission.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on September 11, 2018

3.5 stars Penguins. That's what got me to read this book. As soon as I read in the synopsis the setting was a penguin research station, I knew I had to check this book out. Angela Haynes is used to spending most of her time alone. Well, not entirely alone as there are her co-workers at the research s......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on February 15, 2019

The Tourist Trail is an eco-thriller with romantic tension. To me, a successful eco-thriller should have both mystery and suspense while exploring environmental conflicts. The Tourist Trail delivered on all these fronts. I happened to finish up this novel at the start of Whale Week, which couldn't b......more

Goodreads review by Jael on August 26, 2010

I confess, I am guilty of judging books by their cover. The cover of The Tourist Trail is quiet and unassuming. A bunch of penguins coming out of their perches in the ground, doesn't scream "ADVENTURE" to me. Glad to know I was wrong. Biologist Angela Haynes lives in her own little world. She spends......more

Goodreads review by John on June 25, 2013

In my mind, good characters populate a good book. Yunker has drawn some memorable characters...individuals who admit and understand their flaws, who indulge their self-doubts, who interact imperfectly with others and display all the frailties and strengths of human beings. It's easy to connect with......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 03, 2022

Excellent mix of thriller, drama, and even education! I cried sad tears and happy tears. The characters’ emotional lives were a little underdeveloped but I made up for that by feeling those feelings myself. One thing I may email the author about is his use of the word “it” to refer to animals in cer......more