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Salavandra: A Coffee Tale by Theodore Isaac Erski
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Salavandra is an isolated Caribbean island. Its products-coffee, lumber and flowers-are controlled by Penkava Inc., a New York based multinational commodity corporation. After discovering that Penkava is responsible for his father's death, as well as the abysmal working conditions on the island, coffee farmer Antonio Richards ignites a revolution in the midst of a harvest season. Branding his infant insurgency The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS), he begins fighting the unbridled capitalistic forces controlling his country.
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By: james
I like this book, but the ending left me waiting for the next book.By: Chris
Wow a great novel. Reminds me so much of Monsanto. The ending had me absolutely up in arms, made me absolutely furious, it was great.By: Theodore
Hello all, and thank you Harold and WaterRabbit for posting. I really believe that free information opens rather than closes doors, which is why I posted my novel here on Podiobooks.com. One of the issues I ask my students, as they read the novel, is to discuss the term "digital divide" that quickly becomes apparent in the first three chapters. It's revealing to me that here we all are, podcasters consumers, hooked in with high-speed access to more information than we can possibly use, when most of the world is so far behind us in this respect. I think Salavandra touches on this issue pretty strongly (in a novel context, of course).
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Chapter 1 (33.67 MB) | Antonio Richards (as a young boy) is picking coffee with his father when tragedy strikes. Antonio meets Phillip Penkava (also a young boy), who is heir to the Penkava family fortune. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 2 (38.72 MB) | Twenty years later Phillip travels to the island of Salavandra to check on the family’s business interests. He has an ill-fated meeting with Christopher Knox, an unemployed logger. Antonio talks with his lifelong love, Mary Gonzales. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 3 (50.01 MB) | Mary, working in a greenhouse preparing flowers for export, meets Phillip. Antonio begins using a small, mobile device called a Link, which allows him unfettered access to the internet. He uses it to investigate Penkava Incorporated. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 4 (42.64 MB) | Christopher Knox and other loggers take their revenge on a rival logging camp. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 5 (42.65 MB) | Antonio picks coffee with a hired hand and describes the extent of Penkava Incorporated’s influence over Salavandra, as well as the company’s controlled pricing of coffee and other commodities. Antonio meets Christopher Knox while working, and later shares the Link’s information with him. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 6 (42.34 MB) | Federal soldiers search for Knox and his fellow loggers. Antonio and other coffee farmers ask for higher payment in exchange for their coffee beans. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 7 (42.95 MB) | Mary secretly meets Phillip. Coffee farmers rally to Antonio and demand a livable wage from Penkava Incorporated. Antonio is arrested for disturbing the peace. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 8 (43.77 MB) | Phillip appeals to Antonio to give up his struggle to improve the wages of his fellow coffee farmers. Marco and others break Antonio out of jail. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 9 (43.85 MB) | The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS) is formed. The UFLS appeals for better wages, a democratic and transparent government, and a competitive free market on Salavandra. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 10 (43.12 MB) | Salavandra’s government cracks down on suspected UFLS members and tries to eliminate the growing social unrest. The UFLS strikes out against Penkava Incorporated. | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Chapter 11 (43.37 MB) | The UFLS is on the run while Phillip works with Salavandra’s government to reign in the insurgents. Antonio and Phillip meet one last time. | Jul 21, 2008 |