Seeking his first real adventure, a teenage boy sets out on a wintry morning in a rickety car. Little does he know that he is beginning an epic journey that will take him to the far reaches of the earth. Dauntless, he faces the dangers of guerilla warfare on two continents, an airplane crash in a jungle, the manipulations of cagey smugglers, and, among other perils, near death encounters with predators of all kinds. Unfailingly curious, he survives by his wits and his relentless desire to press on and see what else life can hold for him on land, in the air, and under the sea.