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Black Pomegranate
Alfred Hobson is a nerdy associate professor at a small undistinguished California college. His student, Catarina Perez Valdez, is one of the zany citizens of a quirky Central American republic. Cat enlists Hobson in a quest to help her father regain his rightful position as “el presidente” of Granada Negra by recovering a giant ruby that’s the country’s symbol of political power: the Black Pomegranate. Somewhere along the way Alfred and Catarina fall in love.
207 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 20, 2012
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About the author
David W. Cowles
26 books1 followerDavid W. Cowles was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976.
Cowles is a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and is admitted and qualified as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. He’s served as a board member and president of numerous nonprofit organizations, and was awarded Congressional and other commendations for his efforts.
Cowles founded and was CEO of companies in the photographic and financial communities. He’s flown his own airplanes; traveled extensively; and spent a month as a volunteer with the Israeli Defense Forces.
For over eight years, Cowles published and edited Keno Newsletter, a monthly publication read by keno players and casino executives. For six years, he wrote a weekly column for Gaming Today. For three years, Cowles wrote op-ed columns and a weekly cooking column for the Peninsula Gateway newspaper in Gig Harbor, Washington. His articles have been published in the Las Vegas Sun and Newsweek magazine.
Cowles draws on his background and experiences to write in a wide variety of genres including mystery, adventure, thriller, comedy, fantasy, romance, erotica, how-to, children’s, novellas, treatises and expositions, short stories, and cookbooks. Often he’ll combine several genres in one book.
Cowles is a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and is admitted and qualified as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. He’s served as a board member and president of numerous nonprofit organizations, and was awarded Congressional and other commendations for his efforts.
Cowles founded and was CEO of companies in the photographic and financial communities. He’s flown his own airplanes; traveled extensively; and spent a month as a volunteer with the Israeli Defense Forces.
For over eight years, Cowles published and edited Keno Newsletter, a monthly publication read by keno players and casino executives. For six years, he wrote a weekly column for Gaming Today. For three years, Cowles wrote op-ed columns and a weekly cooking column for the Peninsula Gateway newspaper in Gig Harbor, Washington. His articles have been published in the Las Vegas Sun and Newsweek magazine.
Cowles draws on his background and experiences to write in a wide variety of genres including mystery, adventure, thriller, comedy, fantasy, romance, erotica, how-to, children’s, novellas, treatises and expositions, short stories, and cookbooks. Often he’ll combine several genres in one book.
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November 10, 2016
The plot of this book lacks the same sophistication as its cover, which doesn't scream 'read me', alas.
And that's a bit of a shame, because the actual writing isn't at all bad. It's rather good, in fact. It’s articulate, fluid, expressive…which I think is what helped me limp along to the end of the book.
Thankfully, though, the plot doesn’t take itself too seriously… the reader shouldn’t either, and you can just about do that until about halfway, at which point, it really gets a little bit silly.
A beautiful, Hispanic student persuades a geeky, nerdy, lanky, unkempt computer lecturer to help her with her studies so that she can save her little South American republic, Granada Negra (Black Pomegranate), from the rebels seeking political power. They make a rather unlikely couple…but well, Beauty and the Beast made a pretty good story, I suppose. But then the detail overstretches the imagination somewhat and what could have been a quirky, albeit totally unlikely, little tale just gets rather ridiculous.
However, I can’t deny that I enjoyed the style of the writer and I was über, über impressed by the impeccable editing. And I don’t get to say that often about the books I read. I certainly won’t rule out another book by this author.
And that's a bit of a shame, because the actual writing isn't at all bad. It's rather good, in fact. It’s articulate, fluid, expressive…which I think is what helped me limp along to the end of the book.
Thankfully, though, the plot doesn’t take itself too seriously… the reader shouldn’t either, and you can just about do that until about halfway, at which point, it really gets a little bit silly.
A beautiful, Hispanic student persuades a geeky, nerdy, lanky, unkempt computer lecturer to help her with her studies so that she can save her little South American republic, Granada Negra (Black Pomegranate), from the rebels seeking political power. They make a rather unlikely couple…but well, Beauty and the Beast made a pretty good story, I suppose. But then the detail overstretches the imagination somewhat and what could have been a quirky, albeit totally unlikely, little tale just gets rather ridiculous.
However, I can’t deny that I enjoyed the style of the writer and I was über, über impressed by the impeccable editing. And I don’t get to say that often about the books I read. I certainly won’t rule out another book by this author.
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