ZOOM OUT on Kindle
Zoom Out is now available on Kindle for a mere $2.99.
That’s less than a penny a page.
Zoom Out is the first book in a series that follows the adventures
of two Americans in Asia. Brian and Amy are very different people:
he’s an underachieving grocery store clerk with a wastrel’s tastes
and a mystic’s soul; she is a hardworking journalist struggling to
make it big.
The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s leading English language paper,
called Zoom Out an enjoyable novel, giving it 3 and a half stars out of 5 and
declaring: “It’s a pleasure for once to read a book in which the city and its
people are reported accurately…” The Post suggested “..it’s worth sending to friends
who can’t grasp the realities” of living in Hong Kong.
The book is about much more than Hong Kong, however. Between them, the two protagonists
visit Nepal, Pakistan, Fiji and China, among other Asian destinations. In China the journalist, Amy, gets the big story she’s been waiting for: the democracy protests that engulfed Beijing in 1989.
I was a journalist covering the Tiananmen Square demonstrations, and the book is informed
by what I saw and learned during that exuberant and ultimately tragic period.
HK magazine gave Zoom Out 4 stars, saying “the penetrating portrayal of life in Asia
keeps the pages turning.”
The book is well-suited for anyone interested in adventure, exotic locations and
the varied efforts humans make to craft satisfying lives. Even if you’ve never been out
of the U.S. you will recognize the characters and their struggles.
Zoom Out charts the intersecting journeys of a driven young woman and a lost young man;
journeys that wind through Asia, addiction and occasional aburdity.
Enjoy!
petermaize 