A landcruiser saves the world

[Southbound]

Hey All,

Some of you may remember I took an epic trip in my fj60 cruiser a few years ago driving from Colorado to Panama. During my adventures I had the inspiration for a novel, which is now available on Amazon (and free as a Kindle download for today only). One of the most important characters in the book is, of course, a land cruiser. Check it out if you get a chance - you don't need a Kindle device for the free download, just install the free Kindle app to your Mac, PC or mobile device and you can access my book as well as about a bajillion others. Here's the link to the book:

Amazon.com: Vainglorious Sun eBook: Mark D. Longo: Kindle Store

And here's a link to the travelogue I kept during my trip, complete with some nice cruiser shots:

Central America Travelogue

My trip wouldn't have been possible without all the help I got from people in this forum when I was both preparing my rig for the adventure, and when I ran into some serious mechanical issues en route. And that means the novel would have never happened. So thanks to all!

Cheers,
Mark

 

[OGBeno]

Doctorate in Evolutionary Biology...that's some serious business.

Congrats on your first novel. I'm gonna check it out.

 

[Southbound]

Thanks Beno. I once heard the Land Cruiser described as "The Thinking Man's Monster Truck." Seems like an accurate description!

Mark

 

[Southbound]

That reminds me, it was during my trip that I started reading about all the ecology and complexity science stuff that I ended up working on for my PhD at Stanford. So yet another thread of my life that probably wouldn't have happened were it not for my truck!

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Will be my next read, after Grisham's newest, Calico Joe. Just downloaded this to my amazon cloud reader.

 

[iowaguy]

Mark, howdy! Thanks for sharing your adventure! dale

 

[Big Cruiser Guy]

Thanks for the free download and congrats on getting published.

If anybody is looking for another Cruiser-centric book, I highly recommend "Who Needs A Road" by Harold Stephens. It's his account of driving around the world in an FJ40 in 1965. Great read.

 

[The Machinist]

Just read through the prologue, and now I'm hooked! Congrats on getting published, and thanks for the free download.

 

[ElementalBoom]

Just downloaded the Kindle pc reader simply to get your book. Thanks from me as well for the free download. Greatly anticipating reading it. And reading through your travelogue.

 

[DSRTRDR]

Mark, if you need an editor for your first scientific paper . . .

. . . send a PM for more info

 

[wardharris]

sweet read

Mark
Great read, looking forward to the next novel.

Congratulations!

Cheers

 

[Southbound]

Thanks very much. I put all I had into that book and it makes me very happy when people appreciate it.

Cheers,
Mark