a fun visual tour of Kapalua Bay and the famous Merriman's Restaurant
Monday, February 24, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Death by Volcano
enjoy this FREE ebook February 20 and 21... click here
A vacationing soldier in Hawaii...Earth's most active volcano, anxious to repeat itself...
Two murders involving love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, and the great hereafter...
DEATH BY VOLCANO by Everett Peacock
REVIEW:
A wildly inventive story about love, madness, friendship, hippies, tsunamis, murder and the great hereafter all in a vivid tropical setting. It is funny, fascinating and touching. If you have never been to the Big Island, this book will make you want to go. If you have been there, this will make you feel like you have returned.
The perfect book for a hammock and a tall drink.
more magic at peacock.com
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
FREE Chocolate on Valentine's Day, and weekend
The Parrot Talks in Chocolate
~ a love story of Tropical magic ~
The bartender, and his incredibly smart Macaw parrot both explore the magical paths of love and the tropics in this escapist tale from Hawaii. In his family run Tiki Bar, and from his bedroom in the treehouse just above, our storyteller describes the characters surrounding his idyllic existence. Not immune to danger or mystery, each adventure leads him further and further toward a self realization of just how perfect the world can be.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Under.Water.Fall
Maui's waterfalls aren't all in the jungle'd mountains. This one is saltwater.
* the drama begins about half way in...
2:30 HD
Music by Ukulele Sunnyboy "On a Sunny Day"
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Friday, February 7, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
FREE - "The Happy Rainbow Sunshine Festival"
one of my favorite book covers and a rocking good chapter from a book in my Tiki Bar series!<FREE here>
the blurb....
An excerpt from the book "In the Middle of the Third Planet's Most Wonderful of Oceans"
The bartender, his Tahitian goddess girlfriend Sandy and a host of eccentric Maui hippies enjoy adventure and magic at the annual Happy Rainbow Sunshine Festival
PLUS images from other exciting books!
more crazy fun at peacock.com
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Low & Slow Surf Video, Ho'okipa Maui
https://vimeo.com/84844813 via TheFlyingHawaiian.com
Low & Slow Surf Video, Ho'okipa, Maui from Everett Peacock on Vimeo.
Low & Slow Surf Video, Ho'okipa, Maui from Everett Peacock on Vimeo.
Monday, January 6, 2014
Escape the Winter with "Escape from Hanalei"
It's been a bit cold lately, yes, even on Maui. Up at our mountain home at 4000 foot elevation it was a chilly 37 degrees F. at dawn. That's NOTHING compared to what you folks in the Midwest, Canada and the Northeast are getting...even the deep South is getting a taste of it...so...
Escape while you can! "Escape from Hanalei" is offered to you folks trapped inside FREE beginning January 7 and running til January 11... I'd run it longer but Amazon insists on making a little money so it's only for five days.
Note to Reader: see if you can find a coconut to put in your lap while reading, or if not that, at least some colorful tropical socks. AlohA! (* click the image for the link)
Escape while you can! "Escape from Hanalei" is offered to you folks trapped inside FREE beginning January 7 and running til January 11... I'd run it longer but Amazon insists on making a little money so it's only for five days.
Note to Reader: see if you can find a coconut to put in your lap while reading, or if not that, at least some colorful tropical socks. AlohA! (* click the image for the link)
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
NEW FICTION - "The Galactics"
After more than a year since "Escape from Hanalei" I'm excited to release my new young adult, science fiction novel, "THE GALACTICS"!
Everett has done it again. He has managed to deliver a great page turner in a totally different location than Hawaii, while still including a bit of Aloha spirit. What if the show Ancient Aliens on the History Channel was true? What ever became of the aliens? Are we descendants of them? Are we a different species altogether? Were there other aliens we don't know about? Is there a cover up known by our government? Is Luke Skywalker my grandfather and if so does that make Darth Vader my great Grandfather? Are there little green men running around? Was ET based on a true story? Inquiring minds want to know.
Everett provides a fast paced story line mixed with a lot of adventure, a little romance, a little mysticism, and some really cool futuristic weapons. His character development is second to none. He has mixed some really likable characters and some really nasty villains into a page turner as good as any I have recently read. I highly recommend this book. It is a fast read and really makes you think. 5 Stars all the way.
You've got to read this review from a friend of mine in Texas. He may be partial, but he's got a good handle on the story!
5.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction meets Mysticism meets Action Adventure. Hold on to your kindle, it's gonna get hot!, December 1, 2013
By
Larry (Lockhart tx) - See all my reviews
Everett provides a fast paced story line mixed with a lot of adventure, a little romance, a little mysticism, and some really cool futuristic weapons. His character development is second to none. He has mixed some really likable characters and some really nasty villains into a page turner as good as any I have recently read. I highly recommend this book. It is a fast read and really makes you think. 5 Stars all the way.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
upcoming YA novel: The Galactics
The Galactics has a nice sense of SciFi and teenage empowerment all built into one rocking adventure.
Here's the first chapter ....
Here's the first chapter ....
New Mexico
desert
I
woke up to my Dad cursing and Grandpa grumbling. Our old Buick
station wagon was rapidly slowing down, but not soon enough to avoid
bouncing along the shoulder.
“What's
wrong with this thing?” Grandpa exclaimed. He slapped the
steering wheel, rolled down his window and told all of us to do the
same. Opening his door against the deserted road I thought I saw him
have to push mightily against the pulsing mid-day heat outside.
“Could
it be that darn fuel line again?” Dad was already out and moving
back around to the big metal box strapped to the back of the car.
The
heat had quickly invaded the car, waking up my brother and sister
who, of course, immediately began crying. I think I might have
joined them except for the look on my Mom's face as she turned to me.
“OK,
be a big boy and get them some water.”
I
had noticed that since turning ten, my parents had begun asking more
of me. Mostly it was babysitting my younger siblings, but sometimes
it was more interesting stuff, stuff young men did.
“Yes
ma'am,” I replied as I opened two of the fifty or so bottled waters
we had on the floor of the backseat. Dad had a toolbox now and was
heading back to where Grandpa had already opened the hood.
“Can
I help them?” I asked, hopeful of exerting my new position as a
young man.
Mom
was outside the car now, standing next to the front right tire.
“Not
yet, just keep an eye on the little ones.”
She
was looking the car over with a very critical eye, one that could
easily see the dull paint, the collection of small dents and no doubt
the big gouge on the front fender where my bicycle had crashed into
it.
Dad
and Grandpa tried something for a moment, then Dad got into the
driver's seat and turned the ignition. The unwilling engine
complained, shuttered and refused to start.
My
little sister really started crying now. She probably had some
remote memory of us breaking down last summer. A Park Ranger had
rescued us just when we were on our last bottle of water.
I
found a lost Skittle in my pocket, rubbed the dust off of it and gave
it to her. That worked.
“That's
not it...” I could hear Grandpa complaining. Dad followed him back
to the metal box on the back of the car. I watched them for a hint,
just some silent request to let me help. Nothing. Yet.
While
both of them rummaged through the box in the back, I saw Mom lean
over the engine, under the hood. At first I thought she was seeking
a bit of shade, then I heard her talking. I quickly crawled into the
front seat and listened.
“...
if you don't want to get left here to die in the desert, with the
rest of your kind, then you better find the willpower to start
again.”
She
leaned back out from under the hood. I could see the sweat moving
down her neck. Immediately, her eyes caught mine. I turned away,
but soon felt her reach in to take my hand.
“Mano,”
she said softly. I looked back to her. She smiled and said nothing
more. When she said my name and touched my hand I always felt a
surge of confidence.
Dad
and Grandpa returned to the engine, tinkered around a bit before Dad
got back into the driver's seat. He was looking more and more like
Grandpa these days. Mom was standing a few feet back, hands on her
hips, sweat streaking into her t-shirt now while she stared intently
at the engine.
The
engine coughed and sputtered again, sounding exactly the same as it
had when we came to a stop in the middle of this desert. I could see
no other cars, no other buildings, no other signs of help. I did see
a look of worry cross Dad's brow at that moment. He punched the
ceiling, said something I couldn't understand and pushed himself out
of the old car.
Both
he and Grandpa again walked to the box on the back of the car.
Mom
turned away in disgust, walked off the road a few feet into the
desert. There she bent down, scooped up a handful of sand and turned
back toward the car. Walking straight back she showed her handful of
sand to the engine and then went to the roof above my head. She
looked at me to make sure I was watching as she let the sand slowly
pour out of her hand onto the faded roof. I could hear it lightly
echo off the thin metal.
Wiping
her hands clean she glanced at me once again, no smile this time but
simply an acknowledgment that I was watching her. She leaned in over
the engine again, whispering but loud enough so that I could hear.
“Get
used to this. Soon you will be covered with it. Hot abrasive sand,
moving into all your secret places, stealing what dignity you might
have left. You will make a nice home for the mice to come visit, to
come and pee on you.”
I
controlled an urge to laugh when she said “pee” - thankfully, I
won that battle, knowing how serious Mom was. She took a step back
from the car, crossed her arms and simply stared - stared directly at
the engine even as sweat dripped off her eyebrows and off the end of
her nose.
Dad
and Grandpa walked past me back up and under the open hood above the
engine. I could hear them talking in low whispers. At first I
thought they were talking to the car as well. But, when I heard
Grandpa say “this kind of heat kills...” I sensed their growing
fear at being stuck out in the open desert like this.
They
tinkered for a short moment and Dad came back and sat heavily into
the driver's seat. He turned to look at me, his already sunburned,
freckled face glowing in the heat.
“Say
a prayer, Mano.”
I
didn't know quite what to say, but I nodded and looked quickly back
to Mom. She hadn't moved, but her stare had deepened.
Dad
turned the key.
The
old Buick sprang to life as if nothing had ever been wrong. Dad gave
it a rev and the engine roared strongly, confirming it was ready to
behave, ready to carry us to safety.
Quickly,
I climbed back into the third, rear seat as Grandpa and Mom piled
into the car. The men were laughing loudly, and after a moment, Mom
held up her hand. She did this at times, always a few moments after
something or other, when she felt it her turn to speak.
Her
hand went to the dashboard, patting it like a dog.
“Good
car.” She then started laughing loudly as well. Relief was
fueling our laughter, even mine, my sister's and little brother's.
The
car soon moved back onto the road and I turned to look behind us.
Almost immediately I saw something blowing off the roof as the old
Buick accelerated faster and faster in a mad attempt to sweep the
sand off its roof.
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