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Savage works well as a stand-alone novel, but it is also part of the Diffusion series. It takes place in 1868, making it kind of a prequel. It is different from anything I have written before, as it is in the form of an historical field notebook, so I am excited to see what people think of it. If you like it, post a review on its Amazon page. Or just send me an email and let me know what you think!
Here is a teaser:
If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun.
It’s 1868. Samuel Inwood is fulfilling his dream of exploring remote Dutch New Guinea as a naturalist when things go horribly wrong. A savage aboriginal tribe takes him captive, and as Samuel fights to survive, he begins to doubt that he is the civilized man he had thought himself to be. But his personal concerns suddenly become trivial when he realizes the tribe is harboring the greatest discovery in human history, and he finds himself solely responsible for the future of all humanity.
This is Samuel Inwood’s story, as told in his own words in his field notebooks. It depicts the events that took place 150 years before those of the novel, Diffusion, but it is an independent, stand-alone story.
If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun. Are you prepared to face what the new world might bring?
Want to read more? Click the embedded preview image below to read the first part of the novel.
Want to read even more? Get Savage on Amazon. Available for purchase or in Kindle Unlimited.
Here is a teaser:
If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun.
It’s 1868. Samuel Inwood is fulfilling his dream of exploring remote Dutch New Guinea as a naturalist when things go horribly wrong. A savage aboriginal tribe takes him captive, and as Samuel fights to survive, he begins to doubt that he is the civilized man he had thought himself to be. But his personal concerns suddenly become trivial when he realizes the tribe is harboring the greatest discovery in human history, and he finds himself solely responsible for the future of all humanity.
This is Samuel Inwood’s story, as told in his own words in his field notebooks. It depicts the events that took place 150 years before those of the novel, Diffusion, but it is an independent, stand-alone story.
If you have found this book, the end of the world has already begun. Are you prepared to face what the new world might bring?
Want to read more? Click the embedded preview image below to read the first part of the novel.
Want to read even more? Get Savage on Amazon. Available for purchase or in Kindle Unlimited.
Below are a few of my favorite reviews of Savage:
"Well written fiction of sociology and philosophy of the main character. Very interesting plot. Surrounded by adventure, violence, and learning that we may not be the only civilization in the universe."
- SLB on Goodreads
"Savage by Stan C. Smith is astounding, an enthralling adventure written in the form of a journal. It is a captivating rendition of a field notebook written in the language of the late nineteenth century with astounding accuracy. The story is so fascinating and realistic that I had to remind myself that it is fiction... I consider it to be as excellent as "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe."
- Susan Sewell for Readers' Favorite
"This is a completely different and original sci fy story. I'm totally hooked with the series! The descriptions of the natives, the forests, wildlife is superb. Everything is so detailed, the characters are perfectly human defined. A diverse view of nature, exploration, exploits by humans and its disastrous results of destroying everything we touch. It's a call to humanity."
- Meenaz Lodhi on Amazon
"Written in period-style as a field diary/journal this novel rapidly takes the reader from Samuel's arrival in Dutch New Guinea in 1868 through the early years of captivity with a fiercely savage aboriginal tribe. How and why he survives and the mental and physical deprivations that he goes through are described in exciting, vivid and realistic detail."
- David on Goodreads