Vapor Trails (The Jade Dragon Series) [Kindle Edition]

RP Siegel (Author), Roger Saillant (Author)

Book Description

Vapor Trails, with stories derived from real world events, exposes intrigue at the highest corporate level which unravels when one senior executive defects from the dark conspiracy in order to escape from the burden of his past, regain self respect and perhaps open himself to the potential of a new love. Along the way, in a breathtaking rush of events, he meets a variety of characters with differing points of view that he begins to appreciate. Written by two authorities on sustainable business and the environment.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Roger Saillant, Executive Director of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Case Western Reserve University, has held a number of senior executive positions in the energy and transportation industries. RP Siegel is an award-winning inventor, novelist, freelance journalist and environmental advocate.

Product Details

• File Size: 506 KB
• Print Length: 418 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0615297471
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: CreateSpace; 8.1 edition (May 11, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003C1QMQA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,607 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Vapor Trails September 4, 2009

By Christopher Cappy

Format:Paperback

I really enjoyed this book...a page-turning mystery-adventure of planetary proportions! It's both as an eco-adventure and an educational text rolled into one, making complex issues and conflicting interests come to the scale of real life through the chance convergence and intertangled storylines of its cast of characters. In print, this reminded me of the film Traffic, which did a great job of showing the chain of causes and effects...a great way to "connect the dots" from the viewpoints of us all being in the same complex system together. It's a story that broadens perspective while managing to combine the hot issue of global warming with some heated, steamy passages of very basic human experience. I hope this gains large readership, or better yet, gets turned into a movie. Well done! When's the sequel?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Read the Vapor Trails - the message is important July 30, 2009

By William Keyser

Format:Paperback

I like surprises. Siegel and Saillant surprised me. I actually started reading Vapor Trails because Roger is a colleague of mine. I had no idea he was a novelist. I had him pigeonholed as a businessman and now an MBA teacher, like myself. I thought I owed it to him to buy and read the book. But presumptions are dangerous.

This is a really good novel. Not a great masterpiece of literature, but a really good novel, because it is well written, a page turner, informative, has believable and memorable characters--and having read the book, my view of life has been changed.

At the outset the story and the characters seem mundane, almost forgettable, but in the same way as one gets to know a person in daily life, small details of their behavior and their individual preferences become apparent as the story proceeds. The first page will not survive as one of the great fictional openings, but the ordinariness is interesting enough to bring the reader to the next page.

Then as the people and action become real, the reader finds himself learning about situations that, while known, now gain depth through an insightful view from another angle. We learn about Hurricane Katrina from the inside: the sudden furore of being unexpectedly caught up in the ravaging storm, as a participant, not as an observer. This leads us on to an inside track on business situations taking place behind closed doors, but having great impact upon daily lives.

The layering of events and the characters drew me on to believe both the story and the technical information. The latter is offered with a gentle touch that actually makes it interesting. This is one of the merits of the book and why it makes not only great reading, but also convincing activism.

Read this book for pleasure most of all, but also to have your eyes opened on issues of importance to the achievement business sustainability.

Vapor Trails is one of those books that one immediately sees as a film and it surely will be. The book is also one where the characters become people the reader wants to meet. Thus a sequel would be a pleasure, like meeting new friends again in order to get to know them better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book July 5, 2011

By Dan

Format:Kindle Edition

Whether you are passionate about sustainability and the environment or not, this is a must read. Although if you are not passionate about these issues before reading this book, there is a good chance that you will be after. I recommend this book to anyone. Vapor Trails has a little bit of everything: excitement, romance, and a gripping story line.

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