Hidden Courage

by Christopher David Petersen

Hidden Courage was formerly titled: Destination B: An Adventure in the Andes

There are 3 books in the Atlantis series: Hidden Courage, Tomb of Atlantis and Curse of Atlantis. Please see recommended order of reading below.

Hidden Courage: is the prequel in the Atlantis series (not essential)
Tomb of Atlantis: is book 2
Curse of Atlantis: is book 3 (sequel)

Hidden Courage:
A short novel with adventure and suspense…
Inspiration comes in many forms and for Jack, a single photo in a magazine becomes his life’s greatest inspiration. The photo is of an unknown mountain in the Andes Mountain range of South America. Striking, dangerous and beautiful, Jack is drawn to it. He makes up his mind that he must climb it.

The story follows Jack’s adventure, as he flies his own plane from New England to South America. Battling cold and exhaustion, Jack struggles though one crisis after another as he attempts to climb the rugged and dangerous mountain… Alone.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2011

About the author

Christopher David Petersen (1963 – 20??). Born and raised in Connecticut. As a child, I was always daring and reckless. Never one to let common sense stand in the way of a great adventure, my bold feats of stupidity were legendary… Huckleberry Finn would have been proud.

“Surprisingly”, that same spirit carried over into adulthood, as I sought out entertainment that included: scuba diving; ski Mountaineering; mountain biking; Rock, Ice and Mountain climbing; flying planes; golf, motorcycles, the stock market and of course, experimentation with various alcoholic refreshments.

Later in life, writing became an extension of my deep desire to experience “new and exciting worlds”. I have written several books, but none have been published through any formal channels… I’ve heard the process is long, painful and laborious, the thought of which sickens me. My foray into e-publishing came after a friend suggested my works could fetch dollars instead of dust inside my sock drawer… a righteous observation. My recent publications are the result of this advice.

An Engineer by trade and Writer by passion, I have worked all over the U.S. and usually write in my spare time… that is when I’m not enjoying a bottle of Scotch and a quality cigar. I am a naturally long-winded individual, so writing is what happens when I can’t get anyone to listen to me anymore…

I love all kinds of genres but gravitate more towards suspense. There is nothing like the build up to a great climax… What a rush!

With my new discovery in self-publishing, I have become focused and more determined to produce far greater works. Further adventure/suspense novels are soon to be released.

Bio sourced from: http://christopherdavidpetersen.wordp...

Reviews

[Fran Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am enjoying this book so far. Great detail on flying a small plane by yourself in interesting locations. I am at the point where Jack landed on the snowy flat area high in the mountains after flying about a week alone from the United States to The Andies in Peru.

Now, he he is looking up at the mountain he chose to climb two years ago...scary looking! There are two more books about jack, so I know he will be OK, but life sometimes gets in the way!

I hate to put it down, but very busy times right now and I need to do so. But, I will be able to read some on the Ferry...

OK, now that I have finished the book, here's my review that I put on MyPassionIsBooks.com blog:

Hidden Courage

Kindle ebook

Details:

File Size: 321 KB
Print Length: 166 pages
Publisher: Christopher David Petersen; 1 edition (March 17, 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English

ASIN: B004SPEKKO
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Lending: Enabled

From my Twitter conversation with Christopher David Petersen:

@MyPassionsBooks to @ChrisPetersenTX - Finished Hidden Courage! Very good indeed! Informative, suspenseful, adventurous! Worried about Jack several times!

Isn't it great to be able to converse with writers online while reading their books!

I couldn't put down the last half of the book. Except once -- had no choice, had other things that I needed to do -- and I kept thinking about what was going to happen next in the book the whole time, until I got back to the book! Especially after Jack did a nosedive off of the mountain snowfield with no power! This was the area he landed his special little plane on the side of the mountain below Destination B. I was on the edge of my seat!

The hero, Jack Roberts, is very surprising at first. He seems like a very nice, mild mannered young man, but his hidden depth of courage to overcome his fear -- which is of course the true meaning of courage -- is truly amazing.

The original title for this book was Destination B: An Adventure in the Andes, but it was later changed to Hidden Courage. I really like Hidden Courage because it is so true.

I loved the story line. I was surprised just how much detailed information about climbing and flying the writer was able to get into the book and so conversationally! As well as lots of great information about the places that Jack visited along his journey, some of which he just flew over all along his trip from Connecticut in the Northeast of the United States across and down to Latin America and parts of South America to his destination B peak in The Andes in Peru.

I found out another interesting item when I looked up and was reading about The Andes. It is the longest continental mountain range in the world. See, he even got me to go looking stuff up too. I love research!

Christopher David Petersen included technical information about flying along the journey, and about climbing as he went up against the elements to reach Destination B, and I just drank it all in. I love techie stuff like that! Nothing like a great story to glue together wonderful and useful information about interesting subjects, and to get suspense and thriller at times to boot.

Thanks Chris! I will soon be reading Tomb of Atlantis too. Already purchased the Kindle Edition after reading the very interesting ancient historical first chapter at the end of Hidden Courage. Can't wait to see where Jack Roberts will come in on that story!