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If high adventure, stealth an intrigue, blood and thunder are all for you, then you’ve come to the right place.
Following on the heells of their adventure in Cambodia, Captain Friday and Skip Turner start down the trail to another mystery. On their way to Austrailia, they were forced to land their airplane on an island, Friday and Skip take a survey of their situation on the island. All they find is layers of jungle canopy. Will they ever reach the high ground? What’s that girl doing, and how did she get on the island? She’s definitely no native. Is she shipwrecked? Suddenly rifle shots crack from behind them.
Taking to the tall jungle grass, our heros inch closer to that fresh water stream. Other men soon make their appearance. Are they pirates? Calptain Friday and Skip piece together the strange happenings they’ve seen thus far. Were those gunshots meant for them? Does anybody know that they’re on the island? Finally they encounter the girl face to face, along with her parrot,, and a pirate named Manuel.
Note: Our heros ought to know that despite being a fresh water streamm, it is likely full of parasites. Have fun with the worms that are sure to be hatching under your skin. Hey, that’s life in the jungle, and land of unfiltered, unprocessed water sources.
I like this one. The basic set-up is full of interesting possibilities and the cast of diverse characters is intriguing.
Definitely a story with some intrigue. One question I had to ask from the beginning is why the girl doesn’t seem so eager to accept help from Skip and Friday.
I won’t spoil the rest of the mystery, but keep that question in mind as Skip keeps insisting on rescuing the damsel in distress… who isn’t as distressed as we might want to believe. The real question our heros need to ask, is what’s the attraction to the island that makes her want to stay, despite the cut throat intentions of the Spanish pirate. I know that I was a little surprised at the secret, once it comes to light.