Warren Karno
Biography
I left home at age 14. Not altogether my idea, but character building none the less. I spent time at sea learning those things your Mother wouldn't tell you about, jumped ship in Australia to get away from the bullying. I think it's call jumping out of the frying pan into the fire! I arrived back in Blighty (UK) just before my 16th Birthday. At which juncture the Youth Employment Dept put me into Private Service. Now this was interesting, people spoke to me nicely for a change. I met Royalty and notables on a regular basis. However it was the Royal Protection Squad that always filled my head with their discipline and adventures. Later England decides it needed my help. Conscription was all the rage still. Which found me deposited in full blue heavy serge uniform and kitbag, on a desert atoll in the mid Pacific. What they hadn't mentioned in their travel brochure was they intended detonating a Thermo Nuclear bomb on it. Not, to be frank a good idea in my humble opinion. I was there seemingly, to tell them what that felt like. Not on my own of course. They wouldn't trust just one person's view. Personally I would have preferred Paris.
After demob, I found myself back at sea for some more life training. The hidden cost of all this globe trotting is that it becomes difficult to stop and stay just in one place. In complete contrast the next 40 years were spent in the Finance/Investment/Banking industry. Not though without several trips each year to foreign climes, some on business others simply cruising or exploring.
Most of my writing is non fiction, and that which I label as Fiction, is actually based on real events, with of course the names changed to protect the guilty! I don't need someone coming around to break my knees, thank you.
Whilst some of my books are adventures at sea,and appeal to both passengers and seamen,others have a more politically or financial theme, usually controversial.Non of my writings would appeal to those of a more 'Funder mentalist Outlook'and I would with respect strongly advise such persons avoid all my works.!
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Chancers
by Warren Karno
Price: $2.95 USD. 71840 words.
Published on August 30, 2011. Fiction.
A cruise is perhaps the last place you would look for scandal, scallywags, sex and murder. Miles encounters all of these in a fast moving sea drama, that takes him from the luxury of a liner at sea to a bowels of East Asia. In a last ditch attempt to resolve the fraud he encountered on board. Chancers takes readers from England to Philippines where Miles has to decide – what price justice?
Pure Fiction
by Warren Karno
Price: $2.95 USD. 39340 words.
Published on July 23, 2011. Fiction.
Originally banned in England, this fast paced drama is Pure Fiction. At least we hope so. Or perhaps you may feel there just too many connections with real facts to ignore. You may very well think that... I couldn’t possibly comment!
Richard Thorn, a New Zealander working in Europe as a Spook for British Intelligence at MI6. He is called to lead a seemingly simple mission in France.
Inside Out
by Warren Karno
Price: $2.95 USD. 21150 words.
Published on February 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
This one powerful volume has the insight to change lives for the better. It does not guarantee happiness, but it certainly gives the reader the tools with which to find a lasting JOY themselves. For the genuine Seeker, here in one incredibly honest and straightforward edition is plenty to leave you with a smile....that lasts.
The Grapple and the Guinea Pig
by Warren Karno
Price: $3.95 USD. 36630 words.
Published on December 24, 2010. Nonfiction.
. banned for 50 years .
Is this a romantic thriller or dangerous adventure?
The author’s wit and dry humour make an easy read of what must be one of the major fears of our age.
This at last is a factual account of life on a real desert island, definitely not a tourist guide.
The story is all the more interesting because someone drops a bomb on it!
A nuclear bomb!
Not a good idea.
Voyage of a Vindi Boy
by Warren Karno
Price: $2.95 USD. 53280 words.
Published on December 11, 2010. Nonfiction.
A large white liner bound for South America, was everything a sea-struck 15-year-old could desire. But rather than a white liner, it was an old, black-hulled cargo boat, crewed by the motliest collection of seamen possible. A dramatic, informative, and at times poignant account of a young lad’s Merchant Navy experiences in the early 1950s. Not a read for mothers! Or those of a prim disposition.
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