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Canadian stories of boating, hiking, and survival off the grid
in coastal British Columbia, where mountains drop into the sea,
and lifestyles focus on self-reliance and a different sense of purpose.

And now a new genre added to our product line - science fiction novels

Website updated January 13, 2025

 

Aug 2013 Author's Wife: Floating Garden - CBC Radio - 00:06:38

Sep 2012 Radio Interview with the Author - Sun FM - 00:04:00



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Up the Lake
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Up the Main
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Up the Winter Trail
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Up the Strait
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Up the Airway
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Farther Up the Lake
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Inbound to Earth
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Echo of a Distant Planet
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Farther Up the Strait
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Cabin Number 5
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Off the Grid
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Anomaly at Fortune Lake
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When Galaxies Collide
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Across the Galactic Sea
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Up the Inlet
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Flying the Pacific Northwest
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Paddling the Pacific Northwest
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Beyond the Main
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Powell Lake by Barge and Quad
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Off the Grid
Getting Started
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Islands and Inlets
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Future Scheduled Releases

NOTE: Print and Kindle eBook releases precede other eBook editions

Islands and Inlets - Jul 2026

RV Snowbirds - Pending

Hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail - Pending

Beneath the Waters of BC - Pending

Teaching Yourself to Sail - Pending




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Science Fiction Novels by Wayne J. Lutz

Echo of a Distant Planet - Military aviation science fiction

Inbound to Earth - A spacecraft that could change everything

Anomaly at Fortune Lake - On a remote lake in Canada, two anomalies merge into one

Across the Galactic Sea - A spaceship sails towards the ultimate goal, first contact with alien intelligence

When Galaxies Collide - Earth faces even bigger problems than a cosmic collision.

   

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