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The Serpent's Eyes
The struggle for an island of idealism in an ocean of hatred and greed.'
The Serpent's Eyes is the story of a young English boy named John Crispin who stows away on a Portuguese Caravel in 1570. It is the first in The Crispin Trilogy, set in the Caribbean. The challenges of this English boy in a Spanish domain are many. He must use bravery, ingenuity, and a passion for doing what is right to overcome adversity and in particular a villain named Cassius who uses the power of the Serpent's Eyes to try and destroy John and his people.
The Serpent's Eyes is the story of a young English boy named John Crispin who stows away on a Portuguese Caravel in 1570. It is the first in The Crispin Trilogy, set in the Caribbean. The challenges of this English boy in a Spanish domain are many. He must use bravery, ingenuity, and a passion for doing what is right to overcome adversity and in particular a villain named Cassius who uses the power of the Serpent's Eyes to try and destroy John and his people.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2015
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About the author
Paul Hock
46 books2 followers As many of my friends and certainly my wife and son
would attest to, I have never had a shortage of imagination. Writing has offered me another form of release for the vast herds of wildebeest wandering the Serengeti of my brain. (Hmm not sure that was a good comparison the Serengeti at times is a vast empty plain )
About three years ago my wonderful partner gave me Julia Cameron's book "The Artist's Way". I read it and applied what I think is the most important advice in this book. Write a minimum of three pages a day in longhand. It could be three pages of anything and indeed that's what it was until the idea for a novel came into my head. Since then I have finished a total of three novels with another in the works. The first will be released this year with more to follow.
Thankfully retirement from my day job has allowed me to write to my hearts content. Well almost, after all there is my music and art.
I'm happy to say "Life will be too Short"
would attest to, I have never had a shortage of imagination. Writing has offered me another form of release for the vast herds of wildebeest wandering the Serengeti of my brain. (Hmm not sure that was a good comparison the Serengeti at times is a vast empty plain )
About three years ago my wonderful partner gave me Julia Cameron's book "The Artist's Way". I read it and applied what I think is the most important advice in this book. Write a minimum of three pages a day in longhand. It could be three pages of anything and indeed that's what it was until the idea for a novel came into my head. Since then I have finished a total of three novels with another in the works. The first will be released this year with more to follow.
Thankfully retirement from my day job has allowed me to write to my hearts content. Well almost, after all there is my music and art.
I'm happy to say "Life will be too Short"
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May 16, 2016
~ I received an ARC of this book through a Goodreads giveaway~
Well the book began with such promise; a young boy hungry for adventure and ran away from home and set out towards sea, but by the third chapter I was already certain this book wouldn't amount to much. The writing was so dry that it was painful for me to get though some chapters. I felt no emotional connection to any of the characters and the only motivation I had to finish the book was the promise of writing this review.
I want to emphasize the extreme disappointment I had on the female characters. Maria had such promise with her treasure hunt, but instead she was (like all the other women) ultimately made into a mere sex object and then a devout (but still very sexy) wife. This was definitely the biggest disappointment of this very disappointing book.
Well the book began with such promise; a young boy hungry for adventure and ran away from home and set out towards sea, but by the third chapter I was already certain this book wouldn't amount to much. The writing was so dry that it was painful for me to get though some chapters. I felt no emotional connection to any of the characters and the only motivation I had to finish the book was the promise of writing this review.
I want to emphasize the extreme disappointment I had on the female characters. Maria had such promise with her treasure hunt, but instead she was (like all the other women) ultimately made into a mere sex object and then a devout (but still very sexy) wife. This was definitely the biggest disappointment of this very disappointing book.
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