English Summary/英文概要： The Dolphin People is an entirely gripping adventure yarn in the grand tradition of Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson and Lord of the Flies. Another unputdownable novel from Torsten Krol, master storyteller.

In 1946 a German woman and her two young sons arrive in Venezuela to begin a new life. Helga will marry her brother-in-law, a doctor, and the boys, Erich and Zeppi, will accept him as their stepfather. Together the family fly out to a distant jungle outpost where Klaus is to be the new medical officer, but en route their plane flies into a fierce tropical storm and crashes into a river in a remote region of Amazonas.
They are rescued by the Yayomi, a tribe of stone-age Indians, and welcomed into their way of life, having been mistaken for land-bound incarnations of freshwater dolphins. They are not alone among the natives: Gerhard Wentzler is an anthropologist who has been studying the tribe for years, and he enables them to make the adjustment to a different kind of existence. At first all goes well, the boys in particular adapting readily to Yayomi ways, but slowly and painfully Erich begins to realise that Klaus is not the noble figure he thought he was. And that’s when things start to go wrong…

Chinese Summary/中文概要： ㄧ本融合《魯賓遜漂流記》與《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》精彩的冒險情節以及《穿條紋衣的男孩》流暢、簡單的書寫方式

The Dolphin People擁有《魯賓遜漂流記》與《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》精彩的冒險情節以及《穿條紋衣的男孩》流暢的筆法。從青少年Erich的角度觀看新生活的種種變化、叢林裡的探險歷程以及原始部落的文化衝擊…透過簡單、生動的描述，讀者似乎和Erich一同體驗這些冒險。
故事敘述ㄧ對兄弟在二次戰後，因父親在戰爭中身亡，得與母親從家鄉德國去委內瑞拉投靠父親的弟弟，而這位叔叔即將成為他們繼父。然而他們與叔叔卻因飛機失事，墜毀在亞馬遜河流域的叢林之中。幸運地被原始部落”Yayomi”救起，但Yayomi卻認為他們是海豚的化身，熱情地接待他們……這對兄弟漸漸熟悉Yayomi的生活，然而哥哥”Erich”漸漸發現原本他心中那個高大英俊又聰明的叔叔似乎並非他所想的那麼好……(VC)

Awards/获奖情况： 版權已售：
Australia: Picador;
Canadian: McArthur & Company;
Czech: Argo / Triton;
Dutch: Arena;
German: Blessing;
Greek: Harlenic Hellas;
Italian: ISBN;
Polish: Amber;
US: HarperCollins

’A splendid yarn to be read when the nights are drawing in; Rider Haggard with a bitter modern twist.’---The Times
’Could this be the new Life of Pi? The Dolphin People is a madcap adventure story in the tradition of Robinson Crusoe… Unputdownable.’---Sunday Telegraph
’Highly suggestive, with the elusive and adamantine quality of parable.’---Lewis Jones, Telegraph
’Related in such extraordinarily vivid detail that the reader remains hooked to the brutal end.’---Independent on Sunday
‘Bizarre, thought-provoking and funny... fast-paced and clever... A postmodern novel par excellence.’---Ed Wright, Sydney Morning Herald
"’A mythical epic which might just be the new Life of Pi.’---Melissa Katsolulis, Daily Telegraph
’A modern Catch 22... Irresistible.’ Independent ’A dazzling, outrageous and important book.’---New Statesman
’This is a great book. Buy it and read it. There’s no more to say.’---M. J. Hyland