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Against the Current
Against the Current
Against the Current
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In response to a minor emotional crisis, a young, somewhat naive American man runs off to South America on a fool-hearty journey to "find himself." Over the course of several months, he wanders from the beaches and festival cities on the coast of Brazil to the dead center middle of the Amazon jungle. Along the way, he encounters a great variety of people from all walks of life: backpackers, bums, scoundrels, con-artists, prostitutes, pimps, cops, criminals, artists, entrepreneurs, anti-American extremists, pro-American patriots and, of course, a few very beautiful women. Unfortunately, he also becomes accidentally involved in drug smuggling and several people end up dead. Will the young hero succeed in finding himself during his epic journey or will the crazy fool's reckless adventure end in total disaster?

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PublisherPat Ryan
Release dateDec 31, 2013
ISBN9781310251719
Against the Current
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Pat Ryan

Pat Ryan works seasonally in upstate New York. In the winter months he goes travelling for four or five months each year. In the last fifteen years, he has visited over fifty countries on five continents. He has written many true stories and two books about his various adventures on the road. His travelling tales can be found at his website: www.patryantravels.com. He has also written one book of pure fiction which is called "Against the Current." Not surprisingly, it is an epic adventure travel story and it can be found right here on Smashwords.

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