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So, I'm working on my novel and in the back of my brain my little internal editor pops up and says, "So if you were going to present this to an agent one day, would you call it a thriller or an action/adventure?" To me, my novel is more action/adventure than thriller - however, I've heard that action/adventure may not really be accepted as it's own genre and that a book could better be placed in either mystery or thriller.
The basic premise of my plot... an Amazon tour guide is hired to lead a small team into the jungle to discover what happened to a group of scientists. The tour guide is hired by an insitute that works for the conservation of jungle wildlife and has some breeding programs on protected creatures. I hope the story is thrilling... but it follows their adventure in the jungle. Yes, I'm excluding quite a bit because I don't want to go on and on about my plot. I just wanted to give you an idea of the premise and see where you would identify it...
This is a man vs environment/animal/flora, etc. The protagonist is the tour guide. The antagonist is the director of the institute. 3 quarters of the book will take place in the jungle.
So: how would you rank it? Myster? Thriller? Suspense? Action/Adventure?
The basic premise of my plot... an Amazon tour guide is hired to lead a small team into the jungle to discover what happened to a group of scientists. The tour guide is hired by an insitute that works for the conservation of jungle wildlife and has some breeding programs on protected creatures. I hope the story is thrilling... but it follows their adventure in the jungle. Yes, I'm excluding quite a bit because I don't want to go on and on about my plot. I just wanted to give you an idea of the premise and see where you would identify it...
This is a man vs environment/animal/flora, etc. The protagonist is the tour guide. The antagonist is the director of the institute. 3 quarters of the book will take place in the jungle.
So: how would you rank it? Myster? Thriller? Suspense? Action/Adventure?