Already a couple of weeks we - Tet Paxon - are active on this blog in writing about food, entertainment, traveling and all you can consume. Although its too early (and too complex) to explain the full concept of Romantica Incognita, a part of the truth is that this site is being created as a warming up for writing a novel, more precise, a thriller.
This idea is already dating back as early as half December 2009, and since then not a lot has been done to materialize the book. In fact, nothing has been done besides a couple of meetings, one in Dubai and one in Philippines, to explore the plot and a handful of pages with notes. That now has to change, and today I stood suddenly once again face to face with the object that triggered the thriller initiative late last year...
This morning I was downstairs at The Walk, to buy a newspaper and a coffee, when my attention was grabbed again by this awesome and thrilling car which can be spotted sometimes at the streets of Dubai. It was not just excitement, but also a deeper mysterious thought about who is inside the car. This intrigued me from the first moment, as the windows are tanned darker than any other car in town. You are simply not able to see through it.
The other fact is that it is not a regular limousine, but a weird one, as the model is a Hummer, very odd, would this car be able to drive off road? What kind of special features would be inside it? Was it just one person, a whole family or... was it something else that was hidden in this extraordinary vehicle?
And so a story was growing around the Hummer limo, and later the limo became part of a wider plot, which is taking place in modern day Dubai. Now we can't say a lot yet, as the story is about to be written in the remaining part of the year, but on this blog the early birds who can find it, will be able to learn more about the coming book and find some of the backgrounds of the story.
Now, to make it all a bit more interesting, we will hand-out to the the first five person who put a supportive comment on this blog - or any blog regarding the novel - a signed copy of this thriller which title is not yet known. The release date is scheduled somewhere in the year 2011.
The next five signed copies, with a personal message, will be sent to those who will be the most active contributor at this blog (and our facebook and twitter account) to help this project moving forward. Yes, we will be definitely more productive when support is kicking in!
Finally, there will be another 15 signed copies to be sent to our supporters for reasons yet unknown, and to be announced during the coming year, but the fact remains, 25/25 signed copies will be handed out ultimately.
With the publication in a few minutes of this first blog regarding the 'yet-to-be-written-thriller' we are happy to have started the project publicly, and besides a natural motivator, we hope that the public pressure following on the blogs comments (!) will push us at the keyboard as a daily routine.
With regards,
Tet Paxon
In India in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542 - 1605 CE) Following the European introduction of tobacco to India, Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani a descendant of Abdul Qadir Al-Gilani came from Baghdad to India who was later a physician in the court of Mughal raised concerns after smoking tobacco became popular among Indian noblemen, and subsequently envisaged a system which allowed smoke to be passed through water. in order to be 'purified'. Gilani introduced the Hookah after Asad Beg, then ambassador of Bijapur, encouraged Akbar to take up smoking. Following popularity among noblemen, this new device from Arabia for smoking soon became a status symbol for the Indian aristocracy and gentry. The Indian Hookah was designed differently from the Arabian Hookah or Shisha which was invented during the Abbasid Empire in Baghdad. They were different in shape and design.
