THE QUIET AMERICAN On Steroids

Double Dragon Publishing releases e-book version of political thriller DIVERTING THE BUDDHA

PRESS RELEASE
January 21, 2003
Contact: Bob Swartzel
Phone 843-853-9423
E-mail: bobswr@netscape.net
Markham, Ontario

Double Dragon Publishing releases e-book version of political thriller DIVERTING THE BUDDHA.

DIVERTING THE BUDDHA examines the impact that detached, bright and politically well-connected beings have on our world. It is a large canvas novel that picks up were THE QUIET AMERICAN leaves off. As with the Graham Greene novel, this work looks in depth at the devastation political elites create when engaging in messianic activities such as devastating nations to make them save for democracy.    

This is a story of conscience and consequences. It examines the very real events that destroyed the last chance for democracy to impact the Vietnam War. The antagonists are all familiar today: a Texas White House and high-powered executives in charge of moribund government agencies. They, along with two Vietnamese heroes, create a thrilling narrative, one that boils with intrigue, mayhem and betrayal.

Praise for DIVERTING THE BUDDHA

Set in the turbulent Vietnam War, Bob Swartzel's DIVERTING THE BUDDHA is a highly recommended political thriller . . . a driving, powerful, entertaining novel marking Bob Swartzel as a writer of considerable accomplishments. Midwest Book Review

DIVERTING THE BUDDHA
By Bob Swartzel                  
Pages: 352
ISBN: 1-55404-015-9
Publisher: Double Dragon eBooks