Tom Gauthier

Tom Gauthier

About

Novelist and Playwright, Acting Coach/Director, World Traveler, Lecturer and Communications Consultant. Doctorate in Psychology, Masters in Business Administration - Add it all up over a forty year career and it produces some neat plots to develop for your entertainment!
Novels:

Code Name: ORION'S EYE

A VOYAGE BEYOND REASON
(2009 Winner of Writers Digest Self-Published Book Award)

 MEAD'S TREK

Coming April 2013:  DIE LISTE: Revenge On The Black Sun


Plays: Murder at Alkali Lake
         
Die on our Mountain
          Whisky, She Wrote
           Here Come d'Judge

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

There are two core events that drove the original story: the WWII sinking of the troopship SS Cape San Juan and the development of a sophisticated and secret new radar used by the Army Air Corps to track enemy fighter planes. Added to these was the panic within senior Nazi leaders about the beating they were taking from allied bombers. Thus a Nazi spy is sent to locate and steal the radar secrets and Amos Mead, OSS is detailed to counter the effort.

Reviews

<p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">June 2, 2009</span></font></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><em><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;">“Code Name: Orion’s Eye </span></em></strong><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;">is a wonderful combination of historical fact and fiction woven together by a remarkable new talent in the world of unsung authors. Tom Gauthier has done an outstanding job with this edge-of-your-seat thriller. The ending will totally <em>blow </em>you away. This is one book I would say is a must-read for any historical World War II buffs or anyone who just loves to read. . .” </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“The unexpected ending of this great work is a delightful touch of intrigue and mystery.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“You will have to read the book if you want to know the depth to which this writer can take you. Don’t pass this one up as it is a truly great read.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p align="right" class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed By Sandra E. Graham of Bookpleasures.com</span></span></p> <p> </p>