tech_diver
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My third book is coming out in early August. It's a diving/submarine/Caribbean adventure. I'm offering a pre-release e-book edition to the SCUBA market before it gets the fancy cover art and before Amazon comes to take its bite. Until the retail version becomes available for $2.99 (print version will probably be $16-$17) I have the pre-release edition available for e-readers direct from the publisher for $1.99 available in all major formats.
I'm interested in feedback from divers and submariners. However, be forewarned. The story takes place in Texas during the late 90's. There are aspects that are not politically correct and not DIR.
Thanks Everyone,
- The Lone Star Used Submarine Company - A book by John Stanton
Synopsis:
The Lone Star Used Submarine Company is the story of down-on-his-luck commercial diver, Buck Davies, whose lifelong passion for the ocean leads him to a dreary existence of underwater scrap salvage and broken relationships leaving him dreaming of a better life. He believes that his big break has come when he plans to outfit an old World War II submarine as a tourist charter vessel showing people the underwater wonders off the coast of Texas.
With a group of friends posing as an international maritime brokerage firm, Buck enlists eccentric oil billionaire, Allen Jon, to finance the project. The group flies to Cuba to purchase an old submarine only to find too late that the sale was a multi-million dollar scam by a corrupt Cuban official.
But Allen Jon reveals himself to be much more than an eccentric as he uses his resources and ingenuity to turn the tables on the fraud and flee in the Cuban submarine. Buck Davies and his friends unwittingly become the inept crew aboard a rogue submarine struggling to get back home in a comical chase across the Caribbean. Along the way they encounter colorful characters, pirates and romance as they are pursued from one tropical island to the next managing to stay one half step ahead of the worlds navies. In the end, Buck Davies finds a love reignited with a childhood sweetheart and his life turns around in a way he never imagined.
I have drawn upon my real life experiences on the ocean and stories told by veteran submariners to create The Lone Star Used Submarine Company. It has the technical accuracy and elements of adventure to engage readers of military thrillers. But it is a civilian story filled with the fun and romance to entertain readers of all genres.
The Lone Star Used Submarine Company (pre-release ed.)
John Stanton
Gabriel's Horn Publishing
ISBN# 978-0-9842151-6-4
I'm interested in feedback from divers and submariners. However, be forewarned. The story takes place in Texas during the late 90's. There are aspects that are not politically correct and not DIR.
Thanks Everyone,
- The Lone Star Used Submarine Company - A book by John Stanton
Synopsis:
The Lone Star Used Submarine Company is the story of down-on-his-luck commercial diver, Buck Davies, whose lifelong passion for the ocean leads him to a dreary existence of underwater scrap salvage and broken relationships leaving him dreaming of a better life. He believes that his big break has come when he plans to outfit an old World War II submarine as a tourist charter vessel showing people the underwater wonders off the coast of Texas.
With a group of friends posing as an international maritime brokerage firm, Buck enlists eccentric oil billionaire, Allen Jon, to finance the project. The group flies to Cuba to purchase an old submarine only to find too late that the sale was a multi-million dollar scam by a corrupt Cuban official.
But Allen Jon reveals himself to be much more than an eccentric as he uses his resources and ingenuity to turn the tables on the fraud and flee in the Cuban submarine. Buck Davies and his friends unwittingly become the inept crew aboard a rogue submarine struggling to get back home in a comical chase across the Caribbean. Along the way they encounter colorful characters, pirates and romance as they are pursued from one tropical island to the next managing to stay one half step ahead of the worlds navies. In the end, Buck Davies finds a love reignited with a childhood sweetheart and his life turns around in a way he never imagined.
I have drawn upon my real life experiences on the ocean and stories told by veteran submariners to create The Lone Star Used Submarine Company. It has the technical accuracy and elements of adventure to engage readers of military thrillers. But it is a civilian story filled with the fun and romance to entertain readers of all genres.
The Lone Star Used Submarine Company (pre-release ed.)
John Stanton
Gabriel's Horn Publishing
ISBN# 978-0-9842151-6-4
