Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA (1888PressRelease)
March 27, 2008 - When it comes to business and one’s stature in life, it’s typical for people to work their way up the ladder, not down.
Gary Garner, world traveler and author of the new book Through the Eyes of Madness, was at the top of the corporate food chain. He was the president, CEO and owner of several Seattle-based firms, and he had everything that money could buy—but that didn’t seem to satisfy him.
In a spontaneous act, Mr. Garner abandoned all of his worldly possessions and became focused on touring the world as a penniless pauper. “I just quit my job and embarked on a global journey with nothing more than my backpack,” he says. “And I never looked back.”
Mr. Garner’s new book, a modern adventure tale illustrated with scores of photos and drawings, was born out of a life-changing moment when the author/adventurer lost the women of his dreams and was driven to madness.
“I realized that the fortunes I’d worked so hard for were merely an illusion, and I knew that there was a greater meaning to life than having lavish surroundings and material belongings,” he now says.
For the past five years, Mr. Garner has literally been homeless and jobless, and more or less without material possessions. During his exploration, he has experienced:
Witnessing a brutal murder on the South China Sea
The wrath of an angry mob in the midst of a Nepalese civil war
His own near-death at the heights of Mt. Everest
Being ambushed and robbed in Costa Rica by very unusual suspects
Countless other harrowing escapes that have illustrated valuable and moving life lessons.
“These past few years have been so fantastical and life-altering that even I have trouble believing it,” admits Mr. Garner. “But that’s why I kept the journals and constructed the book in the way that I did. Now, others can share in the adventure.”
To learn more about the breakout book critics are hailing as “the most ingenious and intriguing adventure book ever written,” visit www.ThroughtheEyesofMadness.com, or preview a video interview with the author on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eVEFmcljfc.
(Through the Eyes of Madness by Gary Garner; ISBN: 0-9798687-9-3; illustrated; photos; $39.99; 398 pages; 8˝” x 11˝”; softcover; Integrated Technology Edge Corporation)
