Genre of prose fiction dealing with ventures and enterprises in which hazard or risk is incurred, often unexpectedly.
US authors specializing in adventure fiction include Tom Clancy, Jack London, Herman Melville, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Wilbur Smith, and Mark Twain, while English writer C S Forester is also a successful adventure writer.
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