A Rumbling in the Jungle

Plot summary

The intrepid Periwinkle family have spent most of their lives, and most of their money, exploring the world’s rainforests in the name of scientific research. Their latest adventure has attracted government funding together with an assortment of strange and unlikely characters all of whom have their own reasons for tagging along. Well, all bar one that is, who has very little idea why he’s there at all and no reason to be there other than just to…..be. Following a rendez-vous at Camp Rio Verde rather later than Lord Periwinkle had hoped, the intrepid explorers set off for base camp keeping a watchful eye out for a rare plant known as ‘La Mariposa Roja’ – the ‘Red Butterfly’ – reputed to cure all manner of ailments. But what is so intriguing about the mysterious caverns at Fort Kapibara which they pass on their way? Indeed, what is the true purpose of the expedition, I wonder? Is it noble, honourable and for the greater good of mankind, or decidedly dodgy and for the lining of their own pockets? And it soon becomes clear that someone….or something……is keeping an even more watchful eye on them – and it’s not just that parrot on the backdrop!

 Welcome to a jungle, somewhere far away………..!