The novel “South Pacific Surivor: In Samoa” is a thriller set in the Samoan archipelego over an eleven-day period surrounding the Samoa’s 50th anniverary of independence in 2012.

“An assassin decapitates a U.S. congressman in American Samoa then enters independent Samoa for other targets. Polynesian beauty Pua, the sole agent of the Samoan Secret Service, must protect their national leader—her grandfather. With an anti-colonial chip on her shoulder and a black belt to back it up, she faces a down-on-his-luck CIA agent and a rogue New Zealand diplomat. They close in on each other and the warrior-assassin as they race to discover Robert Louis Stevenson’s secret. It leads to evidence that could re-ignite civil war, which a shadowy chief tries to do.”

Available in paperback and Ebook. Published December 2009 (the original September publication date was respectfully due to the tsunami.)

See http://www.southpacificsurvivor.com/

Fa’afetai!

Don’t hesitate to come to Samoa in the coming months. Everything is relative and Samoa never have lots of tourists. During the months November – April, there are less tourists compared to the rest of the year.
No crowds anywhere….

I visited Samoa for the very first time a month ago & I would have to say I have not stopped talking about the experience since. Perhaps it was because we seemed to have the place all to ourselves (end of quiet, sweaty season perhaps?) – the hotel & pool (Aggie’s), the ferries to & from Savaii, the fales at Tanu Beach, the Piula cave pool, the markets, the restaurants, &c – but whatever, I (& those I traveled with), am not complaining. I’m hoping to convince my husband to take a trip in a couple of months or so, but sounds like, from your info, we probably won’t be having the place all to ourselves!

As a true native of Aotearoa, I’m not sure I could settle any place else but where my heart is, but if I had a second choice, I think Samoa will win hands down!

Thanks for the contact & great advice.

Cheers!

Ann
Auckland, NZ

Mats