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Ebook Details
  • 03/2020
  • 978-0-578-61199-0
  • 326 pages
  • $19.99
Paperback Details
  • 03/2020
  • 978-0-578-61200-3
  • 326 pages
  • $19.99
Suzie Gilbert
Author
Unflappable: A Novel

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Publish)

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is on the run . . . with a full-grown Bald Eagle. Licensed to take care of injured and orphaned wildlife, she is determined to smuggle the bird from her husband’s private zoo in Florida to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Hot on her trail is her furious soon-to-be-ex-husband, his bodyguards, the police, state conservation officials, and an expert tracker from the federal Fish & Wildlife Service. Aiding and abetting her is a smitten young tech guy, a lethal Navy SEAL turned panther advocate, and an underground railroad of wildlife rescuers intent on protecting one of their own. Waiting in Ontario is a legendary old eco-warrior more than willing to provide refuge…as long as Luna can make it across the border. UNFLAPPABLE is a funny, dark, sexy adventure with a big cast of unconventional characters, both human and not.
Reviews
Gilbert channels her interest in wild birds (as documented in the memoir Flyaway) into a rollicking debut novel revolving around the restoration of a bald eagle to a Canadian refuge. Luna Burke’s billionaire financier husband, Adam Matheson, runs a private zoo in Florida and has just stolen an eagle named Mars from a wildlife rescue center in Pennsylvania. Luna hatches a plan to take Mars and his mate—still in Pennsylvania—to Canada. What follows is a vivid primer on the world of wildlife rehabilitators and private zoos as Matheson enlists right-hand man/bodyguard Roland Edwards, a former football pro with a bum knee, to find Luna and Mars. Luna, meanwhile, calls on a naive, reluctant rescue volunteer named Ned; her ex-Navy Seal friend, Warren, who is renowned for single-handedly saving the Florida Panther; and a slew of rehabbers to aid her and Mars on their journey. Also on her trail is Federal Wildlife Officer Erik Gunderman, who is intent on arresting Luna and returning Mars to safety. Gratuitous, clumsily written sex scenes don’t do Gilbert any favors, but she does a great job describing the distinct world of her characters (“We’re the poster group for people with no social skills,” Luna says), and the plot builds nail-biting suspense. Fans of Tiger King will find much to love. (Self-published)
John Riutta, The Well-Read Naturalist

In times of emotional stress, one thing that helps many to cope is disappearing into the pages of a novel filled with interesting, quirky characters playing out a rollicking, adventurous plot—a novel such as Suzie Gilbert’s Unflappable.

John Riutta, The Well-Read Naturalist

In times of emotional stress, one thing that helps many to cope is disappearing into the pages of a novel filled with interesting, quirky characters playing out a rollicking, adventurous plot—a novel such as Suzie Gilbert’s Unflappable.

John Riutta, The Well-Read Naturalist

In times of emotional stress, one thing that helps many to cope is disappearing into the pages of a novel filled with interesting, quirky characters playing out a rollicking, adventurous plot—a novel such as Suzie Gilbert’s Unflappable.

Liz Gordon, American Birding Association Events Coordinator

Unflappable is a gripping read and a multi-leveled love story that hits many sweet spots. Well-researched with accurate natural history. It is a true to life depiction of humankind and how our fate is intertwined with how we choose to connect to nature.”

Mike Bergin, founder of 10,000 Birds

No writer captures the wild and reverent soul of wildlife rehabilitators like Suzie Gilbert. Unflappable is a thrilling tale of heedless, consuming, undeterred love.

Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into t

Fast-paced, crisp, smart, and passionate, Unflappable took me on a road trip unlike anything I’ve read before. Full of laugh out loud moments, it's a comic, romantic suspense story about how animals help us find the greatness within ourselves.

Ted Williams, author, columnist, and winner of Outdoor Writers Association of Am

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert is up there with the best of Carl Hiaasen and in lots of ways similar in style and humor. It’s a perfect tonic for quarantined, bored, depressed wildlife lovers -- and for anyone who appreciates good, crisp story telling.”

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 03/2020
  • 978-0-578-61199-0
  • 326 pages
  • $19.99
Paperback Details
  • 03/2020
  • 978-0-578-61200-3
  • 326 pages
  • $19.99
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