Mountains of the Sea
Mountains of the Sea is a heart pounding thrilling journey to the exotic South Sea Islands. The first chapter had me concerned because it described life in a house of ill repute. However, my concerns were dispelled as the journey began with the detailed and realistic sea adventure. It brought back memories of my first sea experience and sea sickness. The author next painted such a detailed and informative life on the Islands that I forgot that it was a fictional novel and not an historical account. The details and knowledge portrayed by the author made me wonder if he was born in the Islands.
I got so involved in the struggles of Walter Beaumont’s attempts to become accepted into the culture that I found myself feeling I was also in the story, wishing with him. I became so emotionally involved in the story that I became fearful when Walter began romancing Lani, the girl wanted by the frightful and powerful warrior Koa. I don’t remember the last time I became emotionally involved in a story. When I finished the novel I was so drained that I couldn’t do anything else the rest of the day. I am sure that I will read Mountains of the Sea again some day. Angelo Thomas Crapanzano, Akron, Ohio.
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Born in Vienna Austria, Günter and his family migrated to Australia in the early seventies when he was twelve years old.
After settling on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, he immediately acclimatised to the outdoor lifestyle and forged a deep relationship with the ocean that focused on surfing.
This led to an abiding passion and respect for the culture and history of the South Pacific. At university he studied philosophy and psychology and, becoming a counselling psychologist, forged a respected career as a therapist, coach and trainer in his practice on the Northern Beaches.
His ongoing interest in what makes us as humans excel has informed his continuing studies in philosophy and mythology and inspired him to pursue these concepts and ideas within the nature of storytelling. Four years ago, after an influential meeting in Los Angeles with Phil Goldfarb Günter began to devote more of his time and efforts to this interest in human stories, writing a high concept screen play from which he has now adapted the novel Mountains of the Sea, which has just been published and released.
Personally, Günter has been successfully married for over twenty-five years and has two adult children. He continues to explore his relationship to the sea, and when time allows likes to indulge his passion in music.
Gunter Swoboda
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What an amazing story!! This book was written beautifully, the way the author sets the scene really transports you into Walter Beaumont’s world. This book had me enthralled from the first page and the detail with which the author describes Cooke’s journey and island culture in the pacific brings an authenticity to the story that i haven’t experienced in a fictional novel for a long time. With stories of vampires and werewolves dominating the world of fiction Mountains of the Sea is a refreshing and truly entertaining read. I can’t wait for the sequel!!