Action and adventure fiction

found: Saricks, J. Readers' advisory guide to genre fiction, 2009:p. 17 (novels in the Adventure genre are action-packed, feature a hero on a mission, and are often set in exotic locales during times of war and peace; characteristics of adventure: pacing is generally brisk, as the hero escapes from one dangerous episode to the next; the story line focuses on action, usually a mission; there is always an identifiable hero; detailed settings are important, generally 'elsewhere', i.e. foreign)

found: GSAFD, 2000(Adventure fiction. UFs: Adventure stories, Swashbucklers; use for works characterized by an emphasis on physical and often violent action, exotic locales, and dangers, generally with little character development)

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