{"id":59368,"date":"2024-03-27T07:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59368"},"modified":"2024-03-27T07:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:03:36","slug":"pacific-odyssey-latest-novel-by-dxer-ralph-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/pacific-odyssey-latest-novel-by-dxer-ralph-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Odyssey: Latest Novel by DXer Ralph Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ralph Perry, who shares the following announcement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Big news here is that after five years of hard work, yesterday was publication day for DXer Ralph Perry’s second novel, written under the pen name of Chet Nairene:<\/p>\n

“PACIFIC ODYSSEY – The Curious Journey of Lew 2.0<\/strong><\/a>” follows Ralph’s successful predecessor novel in 2021, PACIFIC DASH<\/strong> – From Asia Vagabond to Casino King<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This new story is a quirky mashup, something like Poltergeist meets Wall Street in rural Asia, with mood and themes similar to PACIFIC DASH . . . exotic and funny, about Westerners muddling about and being lost in Asia, experiencing amusing culture clashes, etc.<\/p>\n

Lew Clarke is a thirty-something New York tech business wiz who hooks up a supply line with an odd, tiny company hidden away in a quirky little SE Asian country. After a number of Lew’s customers in America start experiencing horrible accidents, which internet rumors link to his imported products, he is forced to travel to the mini hermit Kingdom of Amazia to unwind the mess. But once there in the tropics, he finds his modern Western knowledge all but useless . . . and things generally further unravel from there. He makes great friends, falls in love, and once he learns the dark secret haunting the Kingdom, his mission becomes more than just saving himself and his company.<\/p>\n

Both are available as eBook or paperback.<\/p>\n

Ralph sends his thanks in advance and gratitude for early Amazon reviews, which are ever so important to get the novel well launched before the public.<\/p>\n

Click here to check it out on Amazon.com (note that this is an affiliate link that supports the SWLing Post at no cost to you<\/em>.)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ralph Perry, who shares the following announcement: Big news here is that after five years of hard work, yesterday was publication day for DXer Ralph Perry’s second novel, written under the pen name of Chet Nairene: “PACIFIC ODYSSEY – The Curious Journey of Lew 2.0” follows Ralph’s successful predecessor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,3],"tags":[4090,10172,10494,10173],"class_list":["post-59368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-news","tag-books","tag-pacific-dash","tag-pacific-odyssey","tag-ralph-perry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fry","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59899,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/pacific-odyssey-kindle-ebook-only-99-cents-this-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":59368,"position":0},"title":"Pacific Odyssey: Kindle eBook only 99 cents this week","author":"Thomas","date":"June 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post contributor and DXer, Ralph Perry, who shares the following announcement (click here for more background in a previous post) : 99-CENT \u2018PACIFIC ODYSSEY\u2019 WEEK IS HERE! 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