Bookshelf: LOCAL AUTHORS
Costa Rica is blessed with a large number of expats who are excellent writers, many of whom have published books. ARCR supports those authors and has compiled a listing of some of their works for members to purchase for themselves or as gifts. Check out the brief descriptions below (there are some new additions, titles are in red) and decide which ones you need to add to your library or share with a friend or loved one. Listed alphabetically by author’s surname.
FICTION: BLOOD-AXE Aaron Aalborg (2018) A part satire, part thriller, story about grumpy and bored golfers who start a Viking reenactment group. It spreads worldwide and gets out of hand with the pillaging of an English village. The plot twists and turns through the US and Norway and has a surprise ending in Costa Rica. Available at Amazon.
COOKING THE RICH, A POSTREVOLUTIONARY NECESSITY Aaron Aalborg (2017) This spoof recipe book skewers politicians and the under-serving rich with humor and insight. Is it a nasty attack on the fabric of society with malicious intent? Let the reader decide and have a few laughs. Included are hilarious recipes for Trump a la Mode, Billionaire Bourguignon, Murdoch Stew, Real Windsor Soup and many more. Available at Amazon. DOOM, GLOOM, AND DESPAIR Aaron Aalborg (2016) A series of darkly humorous short stories to make you think: sex, bloody murders, fierce man-eating animals, fierce man-eating men, suicides, mass extinctions, and the end of the universe are all included. Settings include Costa Rica, Panama, France, the UK, the USA, Heaven, and Hell. Available at Amazon. REVOLUTION Aaron Aalborg (2016) This political thriller opens with the destruction of world leaders in London. Chaotic international revolution spreads to the US and elsewhere. The plotters emerge from being sleepers in positions of power to establish their vision of a “perfect” form of socialism. Counter-revolutionaries fight back. The dramatic ending is totally unexpected and cataclysmic. Available at Amazon.
SAVE THE BONSAI Aaron Aalborg (2019) A Japanese, born without gender and rejected by parents and society, lives in angry isolation and modifies plants to kill. Joined by a hacker with a spoof website, “Save the Bonsai,” the pair morph into a worldwide protest movement against the forces of governments. Supported by vegans, terrorists, and fanatics, they are pursued by the CIA and a private security organization hired by a Billionaires Bonsai Club. Worldwide mayhem ensues, humanity destroys itself, and, over the eons, intelligent plants come to rule the earth. Available at Amazon. TERMINATED - The Making of a Serial Killer Aaron Aalborg. Two volumes. Available at Amazon
Volume 1 (2016) Alex, a poor boy from Scotland succeeds against the odds in education, business, and espionage, but his love life is a mess. Under cover, in Argentina, he plays a crucial role assassinating French technicians during the Falklands War. Following a thrilling chase to Chile he returns as a hero to a stellar consulting career. Fiercely ethical, he is terminated for opposing corruption. Volume 2 (2017) Alex moves on to success in investment banking and running a global company. Pursued by an unknown enemy with horrific results, he is again terminated for opposing evil business rivals and sexual blackmail. He disappears into a Thai monastery, but resurfaces years later in a race against time whilst he is under attack and his enemies are murdered.
THEY DESERVED IT Aaron Aalborg (2015) Based on a true story, this is a fast-moving historical and contemporary thriller. Mass poisonings of husbands in 17th Century Italy lead to panic among men and
