John R. Gentile
Rita HartmanJohn R. Gentile, an Arizona native, has a diverse background, including SCUBA diving, sea kayaking, rock climbing and wildlife photography. For ten years, he and his marine biologist/artist wife, Katie Iverson, observed and photographed a population of bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of California. He and Katie have kayaked with orcas in British Columbia, traveled to the headwaters of the Amazon in Peru, photographed jaguars in the Pantanal, Brazil, photographed the wildlife in Tanzania, circumnavigated the continent of Australia, and led trips to Baja California, Mexico, to observe dolphins and whales. He is the author of six books including the "SOFAR Trilogy" and, currently, the eco-thriller series, "Guardians of Gaia." His novels incorporate epic storytelling with likable yet flawed characters, insightful moments with wildlife, and just a touch of magical realism. His third book in the Gaia series, "A Breath of Trees" will be released in March, 2025
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Indie Authors ~ Adult Fiction and Nonfiction
Indie Authors - Adult Fiction and Nonfiction (Seats 20)
Sun, Mar 16, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Authors:
Empowering Women Alliance,
Eloise Bahr,
Robert Berrier, Ph.D.,
Marcy Blesy,
Sandra Butler,
Michael Cohen,
John Foley,
John Gentile,
C.A. Gray,
Benjamin Mason,
Melissa Naatz,
Kirk Nelson,
Chris Pio,
Andrea Rich,
Molé Mama,
Gene Twaronite,
Kait Waterhouse,
Dorothy Yanez,
Jason Zeitler
Books:
Ivory Moon
Book II of the Guardians of Gaia Series
Mystery / Thrillers
Wild Spirit Books
March 2023
ISBN 9781736165942
Paperback, 494 pages
The author will make this book available for sale at the Author Pavilion during the Festival.Emily Rosen, Jake Spinner, Oliver Sweet, and Snake have returned, this time on assignment in Tanzania, East Africa.
The Gaia Team is tasked with hunting down and capturing the Kinyonga, a notorious international arms dealer who also traffics blood ivory through his criminal network.
A deadly virus has spread across Africa, killing thousands of people and leaving the parks dangerously understaffed. As a result, elephant poachers in Tarangire National Park are decimating the herds. Emily Rosen proposes a plan to bolster the absent rangers’ ranks by recruiting young women from two opposing villages to train as an all-female anti-poaching fighting unit, even though the Tanzanian government is skeptical of their ability to protect the elephants.
Defying expectations, the young women become a skilled fighting force and succeed in stopping the poachers. The frustrated Kinyonga is forced to up his game. He places bounties on the rangers’ heads while enlisting the help of a Somali warlord who commands an al-Shabaab terrorist cell. Colonel Jawari desperately needs the blood ivory to fund his next terrorist attack on a major Tanzanian city.
In a desperate act of retribution, Kinyonga and Jawari invade the rangers’ villages, burning homes, killing several townspeople, and kidnapping young girls to provide brides for Jawari’s foot soldiers.
Led by the Gaia Team, the Honey Badger Squad, as the young rangers are known, launches an assault into Somali territory to rescue the village girls. Outnumbered five to one, Rosen, Spinner and the Gaia Team must utilize their wits and the rangers’ newfound skills to bring down the murderous Kinyonga and the psychopathic Colonel Jawari. It’s their only shot at saving the girls from a fate worse than death. More/less
A Breath of Trees
Mystery / Thrillers
Wild Spirit Book
March 2025
ISBN 9781736165973
The author will make this book available for sale at the Author Pavilion during the Festival.
