(originally posted on November 9, 2005)
Why do I like these books so damn much? Maybe because Evans is a fellow Canadian, and maybe because he shines corners into some pretty far-flung places, but ultimately it's because he puts ordinary people (computer programmer/backpacker Paul Wood and his travel writer girlfriend Talena Radovich) in some incredibly extraordinary circumstances and makes everything work together. The tension's high and the plot twists plenty, but at the heart of this book is what it takes to keep a relationship going -- and that rings truest of all.
