The Vacationer
Journey Into Darkness
Published on 1. January 2021
Book
Hardback
470 pages
978-1-952472-03-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Vacationer tells the powerful story of T.J. Carlson, a decent man prisoner to his own bad decisions and reckless actions. The world is the stage in this tense, psychological family drama, following his descent into despair on a global scale. He never could have imagined that getting in his car and driving away that fateful night would unleash personal demons so strong, they would threaten his sanity and his life and rip apart the Carlson family. TJ Carlson blazes a path of debauchery until his demons overwhelm him, driving him to one final, fateful decision as he seeks to end his pain in Bora Bora in the Pacific Islands of French Polynesia.
TJ Carlson is a complex protagonist, challenging you whether to root for him or against him as he makes one bad move after another while still trying to hold on to the things most dear to him. Can he ultimately find his redemption, or is he too far gone?
Although the story takes place in many locations, the star setting for about a quarter of the novel is
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
731 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952472-03-9 (9781952472039)
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I had the idea for The Vacationer while sitting on a beach in Motu Mahana, French Polynesia in 2012. The idea hit like a brick while staring out into the water and sipping on coconut water straight from a coconut. It was so vivid, I went and asked for a pen and paper from the bar and began writing down an outline. I wrote the first draft of book while on a three-month sabbatical in Asia and Europe in 2014.
I am the owner of Patrick Adams Books, a company dedicated to publishing and author services. The Vacationer is my first novel and I am excited to bring that idea that came to me while enjoying a sunny day in paradise finally into existence!