THE DESPERATE CYCLE (Savant 2012) is Tony Tame's second dramatic novel of Jamaica, but the theme is not confined to Jamaican society. It examines the ways in which succeeding generations of people in what is loosely called "third world countries" handle, with courage, humor and resilience, the mountain of odds which history stacks against them. This book does not treat any one participant in this "cycle" of inequality with particular distemper or sympathy. All the characters, from shifty polit... Continue reading ...
Back in the 1930s, Americans would struggle to part with twenty-five cents in order to spend part of an afternoon at the movies trying to forget the Great Depression and the uncertain times outside the theater. Screwball comedies provided the antidote to their desolation in this difficult time in our history. In THE LOONS (Savant 2012), I've recreated the spirit of laughable chaos reminiscent of the screwball comedies of the thirties with an eccentric family of seven DeLune cousins that neighb... Continue reading ...
David B. Seaburn draws from over thirty five years’ experience as a minister and psychotherapist to address some of the most basic issues of the human heart: loss, uncertainty, hope, fear, love, joy, seeking, wonder, and redemption. Seaburn has written and published three novels, DARKNESS IS AS LIGHT (2005) and PUMPKIN HILL (2007), and CHARLIE NO FACE (2011), which was a Finalist for the 2011 Indie Excellence in Books Award. Seaburn continues his focus on the dilemmas of human experience wi... Continue reading ...
When I first started writing TRAVELER'S REST back in 2005, it wasn’t my intention of writing a book. I had spent the last year and a half writing scripts for an Atlanta production company, my first paid gig as a writer. I enjoyed writing scripts, but I longed to writing stories. Given, the similar ruthlessness of both the book publishing and film-making worlds, I felt prepared. A screenplay doesn’t really come to life unless it is produced. If it isn’t produced, the script might as well... Continue reading ...
As I mentioned just before Savant Books released my previous novel, MANIFEST INTENT, I had returned to my roots as a lawyer after my first novel, the Hawaiian thriller KANAKA BLUES. My newest work, RULES OF PRIVILEGE, stays in that world, but strays from the environment of the big law firm into the orbit of solo practitioners, who sometimes struggle just to stay afloat. While the problems of large and small firms often are radically different, all lawyers, no matter the size of their firms,... Continue reading ...
In my opinion, an outstanding short story collection is the crowning glory of post-modern
literature, and as proof, I offer my readers BLOOD MONEY - TALES FROM TWO CONTINENTS.
Each story is complete,
but together, transcends individuality to timelessness and immortality. A
dramatic vision of humankind's greatness and shortcomings, BLOOD MONEY takes on Love, Regret, Lust,
Revenge, Hopelessness, Hope, Security, Adventure, Frustration and
Acceptance. In my stories, it's the characters' uniquely ... Continue reading ...
Forty years ago, during the height of the anti-Vietnam War movement, a large number of students at the University of California at Santa Barbara rose up in outright rebellion, burning down a branch of the Bank of America and clashing with police in three separate riots. The Isla Vista Crucible takes place at the university and the nearby student community of Isla Vista during that tumultuous 1969-1970 academic year. The story follows three roommates trying to live and enjoy their student liv... Continue reading ...
An action/adventure novel about global petro-power-greed, THE OIL MAN features John Marx, an offshore oil derrick supervisor who unknowingly holds the keys to that power as well as to his, his family and friends' lives or deaths. An amateur conspiracy theorist, he, his wannabe James Bondish friend, Josh Platur, and his devoted wife, Anne, nonetheless have no idea as to why or what it is all really about. Not until Marx begins uncovers the threads of a real conspiracy, each of which exacts its... Continue reading ...
Scot
Anthony, a young a lawyer on the cusp of making partner at a major Dallas law
firm, faces the biggest crisis of his young career: Someone is killing off the witnesses in his lawsuit with the
federal government. The only way
to smoke out the killer is to force the case to trial, even if that means
sabotaging reasonable settlement efforts–but the trial is aborted in
mid-stream when two more witnesses are killed.
Trying to put the case behind him, Scot and his wife take an
impromptu vacati... Continue reading ...
I think of Perilous
Panacea as being a techno-thriller in the genre popularized by Tom Clancy (note: I have no illusions about being another
Clancy—at least at this time). It
is based on today’s headlines, about nuclear terror set in the not-too-distant
future, involving Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. It entails stolen plutonium and uranium and the clandestine manufacture
of atomic bombs within the U.S. and all the chaos emanating from such an
incident.
There have been other boo... Continue reading ...
HAWAII - The very word evokes visions of Paradise–white, sandy beaches; swaying palm
trees; silver waterfalls; hula girls; Mai Tais; and luaus.Each year,
millions flock to the islands to soak up rays, splash in the surf, play golf,
and lounge around luxury resorts. But beneath the surface of this tourist
Mecca, a simmering resentment threatens to boil over at any moment as a proud
people, the native Hawaiians, find themselves servants in their own home, waiting hand
and foot on these white ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel S. on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
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Professor Charlie Cain has been sent by the U.S. Senate to investigate the various sovereignty groups in Hawaii and bring back a recommendation on controversial legislation pending in Congress that may recognize Native Hawaiian rights. But when Charlie turns up missing, and is later found dead, his former student, law professor Erin Hanna, travels to Hawaii to hunt for his killer and to finish his work. She joins forces with Hawaiian detective Tommy Kanahele, who has zeroed in on a prime su... Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel S. on Monday, September 28, 2009,
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The Village Curtain is an amalgamated collection of fictional stories and sketches, populated with imaginary characters, set in the coastal communities of Jamaica. Considerable effort was made to realistically convey conditions and methods employed village fishermen observed by the author during more than forty years of experience in the field. The pieces gradually introduce a range of “types” which frequently populate these sea front areas. Characters drift in and out of the narrative a... Continue reading ...
“TROPIC OF CALIFORNIA” - A SYNOPSIS by author R PAGE KAUFMAN “ Tropic of California: The Strains of Strauss” is a slowly unfolding satirical romp through Southern California with the definitive tragic character of the "new" 21st century, Alan Strauss. This twenty seven year-old, divorced ex-shoe salesman is a true life survivor, temporarily down on his luck, yet persistent as he is suddenly lifted up to a high executive position of a national seafood restaurant chain only, by a gran... Continue reading ...
Press Release (PRLog.com): Savant Books and Publications LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii, publishers of significant books and enduring media for the 21st century, is pleased to announce the world-wide release of Daniel S. Janik's newest children's book, "A Whale's Tale." "A Whale's Tale" chronicles the adventures of a juvenile humpback whale on his way from Hawaii to Alaska and back as told by his childhood sweetheart. "A Whale's Tale" is written specifically for adults to read aloud to children, and f... Continue reading ...
Posted by Daniel S. on Thursday, June 25, 2009,
In :
PreRelease
Pre-Release Announcement Hello Children's Book Fans! It is my pleasure to announce the impending release of Daniel S. Janik's hotly anticipated " A Whales Tale."
A delightful 92-page children's story with 20 black and white,
pen-and-ink illustrations by celebrated artist and illustrator Ruth
Janik, "A Whales Tale" recounts the adventures of a young, juvenile
humpback
whale on his way from his birthing grounds in Hawaii to Alaska and
back, as told by his childhood sweetheart. "A
Whales Tale" is ... Continue reading ...
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