Mission Mururoa: An Adventure Novel Set in Tahiti [Paperback]

Rosemary I., Ph.D. Patterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2001

The scene is set when Lazarus Tretiiak, a Physics Professor and four of his students at the French University of the Pacific in Tahiti decide to hijack an advanced deep-ocean submersible and its research vessel. The activists are determined to use the submersible to photograph the Mururoa Atoll near Tahiti to prove to the world that dangerous radionucleides from previous atomic testing are leaking into the South Pacific.

To force the commander of the submersible tender, Admiral Alain Gagnon, to travel to the Mururoa Atoll the activists involve the Admiral's stepdaughter, Terri'i. The result is a fast-pitched adventure matching Jacques L'Amareau, Head of the French equivalent of the CIA against the ringleader of the nuclear protestors.

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About the Author

Rosemary I. Patterson, Ph.D., is a retired School Psychologist. Her interests include assessment, identity formation in adolescence, and psychological growth processes caused by multi-cultural interactions. This is the authors fifth novel about Polynesians and Indegenous People. The first three, "Kula Keiki Ali'i (The Chief' Childrens' School), "Kuhina Nui (Prime Minister), and "An End To Innocence" were set in Hawaii while "Return of the Canoe Societies" was set in British Columbia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (May 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073886398X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738863986
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,529,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born Vancouver, B.C. - Unusual childhood - Mother was Mentally Challenged, Father died during the war. As an only child I witnessed the unthinking behaviour of my mother's relatives towards her. Her relatives treated her as some kind of a joke and were always putting her down. The result of witnessing this treatment taught me a lot about discrimination. I pursued knowledge about mental illness when I was older eventually resulting in three University degrees including a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser Univ. and a career as a School Psychologist.

I started writing as an extension of Psychology and Education to raise awareness about various discrimination issues. I decided to write in a fictional format to reach readers about various social issues who normally did not read non-fiction. My first novel came out of my experience in my province's institution for the mentally challenged. The novel was called "Alias the Tank", the nickname for the Access Mobility Wheelchair System. A series of novels followed embedding the actual facts of the history of Hawaii from 1820 to 2000 into a five novel series to bring the actual facts alive such as the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893.

Other novels about social issues have followed including one about nuclear testing on the Mururoa Atoll, aboriginal treatment in Australia, First Nations history in British Columbia, seniors issues, culture clash in Malaysia, capitalism without social responsibility in California, and recently the terrible treatment of Sikh, Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the logging industry in B. C. at the turn of the century.

My novel "Aloha and Mai Tais" about music and musicians in the 1930's received a five star review from Midwest Book Review and my screenplay "Journey Great Barrier Reef" was a winner in the 2003 Telluride Indiefest Screenplay contest.

Currently I do Vocational Assessment in my office in beautiful Qualicum Beach, B.C. and have branched into self-help writing with the publication of my book about 55 Plus Non-Retirement Retirement called "Way of the Supernova."