Just yesterday (untypically it seems, at a somewhat advanced age) I finished my first Trevanian novel, Shibumi. I see that Trevanian is a cynical idealist, a Cervantes-like, and as yet beginning, possible hero ("beginning" is not negatively intended, and does not refer, of course, to his ability or history as a writer). I see a person who is brilliant enough, knowledgeable enough, and obviously well-regarded enough to offer a continuum of instruction on his website as to how we all might take action (non-violently, that is) to save the present world from the terrible Samsaric "reality" of power on which his Mother Company is based. (That might be quite risky, though, maybe?) But he also seems to have ego enough to understand where the leaders and the followers are vulnerable and/or transformable...Can Mr.Trevanian meet such an amazing and incredible challenge? We need someone to, don't we? Hopefully, A.C.L. |