The Chronicles of Adrian Smith, CPA

 

 

From the Office of

Adrian Smith, CPA

 

 

 

 

If you were looking for a real live CPA - Certified Public Accountant, you know, someone to help you with your taxes or SOX or a 1031 transaction, I'm sorry you've come to the wrong place.  If you are looking for Adrian Smith, CPA the Earth born accountant who finds himself halfway across the galaxy in the midst of a very strange black market where junk food and soft drinks are some of the most sought after contraband, then you've come to the right place. 

 

"Welcome to Japan Mister Smith"  Sounds almost as good as when Tetsuro Tamba said the same thing to Sean Connery.

Actually Adrian Smith galactic CPA is in Tokyo, Japan at this very minute.  With luck stacked high on the Freebie table at the World Science Fiction Convention.    Thanks to the help of my nephew, Michael.  I had flyers for The Chronicles of Adrian Smith and When The Force Isn't With you translated into Kanji.  At least I hope he translated them correctly and not as "Please buy my Uncle's silly book. Gaijin needs the money."   Actually I think book titles are rather impressive in Kanji.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you want to know more about the story here's a quick synopsis.  Adrian Smith is an Earth born accountant and not a very good one at that.  It took him far too many tries to pass the CPA exam and only through his parent's influence did he manage to land a job with a very small firm in San Jose.  One night he is fed up with his life and heads off to a beach north of Santa Cruz.  Next thing he knows, he has stumbled onto a space ship and finds himself transported halfway across the galaxy at the mercy of one of the most ruthless black marketeers in the galaxy.  It turns out that what he has learned as an accountant will not only save his life, but make him incredibly successful in this new world.  That success comes with a high price.  Dealing in contraband from Earth carries with it an immediate death sentence.  To discover the reason why, Adrian Smith, CPA will need the help of T'Sam the indentured servant of his fieriest rival, and the diary of a dieing alien who came to Earth in 1915.  Together they must follow his journey from the Amazon jungle, to San Francisco's Pan-American Pacific International Exhibition to the trenches of France at the dawn of World War I to unlock a dark secret that has been hidden for nearly a century.

My son describes this books as an historic/science fiction/romance.  I think that fairly well sums it up.  There are some good reviews on Amazon.com.

Please come back soon to find out more about Adrian Smith and the next books in the series.  With luck and skill and good fortune the next book, The Princess and the Parent will be out by the end of this year.  The King of Rags is not far behind.

Coming soon to this site will be, excerpts from The Princess and The Parent, King of Rags, some rare photos retrieved from Tracy Bennington's private collection, and a download of my interview with Doug Benson of KCNS.

Also check out my other site on www.stoneinthesurf.com

Thanks....