{"id":589,"date":"2022-02-03T09:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2023-02-02T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T13:59:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

New Release<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Surfing with Sharks<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Like so many during the summer of 2020, writer Seve Verdad felt he was watching America, and the world, go mad. In his new novel, Surfing with Sharks<\/em>, Verdad relives events of that summer and examines universal questions: Has the world gone crazy or am I crazy?…Both? The result is a poignant critique of America\u2019s political and cultural wokeness and COVID-era policies through his main character, an entrepreneur driven to extremes within a universe of extremes. \u201cWhile a struggle against madness is a timeless literary theme, the book\u2019s narrator is uniquely contemporary,\u201d Verdad says. \u201cSurfing with Sharks<\/em> reflects both the absurdity and gravity of life itself through a lens focused on the summer of 2020, and the struggles of that summer persist today, may indeed be timeless.\u201d<\/p>

In Surfing with Sharks<\/em>, we learn that Colton Candide has done time in prison and rebounded, only to find his efforts thwarted when his burgeoning Fisherman\u2019s Shore Bait and Tackle business is declared nonessential and fails under oppressive pandemic lockdowns. His fianc\u00e9e is stuck in El Salvador and that country\u2019s lockdown, and the couple\u2019s Los Angeles apartment becomes Colton\u2019s personal dungeon, a bloodied stuffed bear Colton rescues in the aftermath of a riot his trusted confidante. \u201cColton is intellectually lucid,\u201d Verdad says, \u201cas are many of his actions, and interactions with others. But from the beginning he questions his mental state, and his decline is evident, the elusive cure to his madness palpable. Ultimately his sanity hinges on internal conflict and his war with a world that really has gone insane. Are the conspiracies he sees and lashes out against real? It\u2019s a mad, mad, mad unreal world\u2014the world we live in\u2014and the reader will have to decide\u2026\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarnes & Noble<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

About Seve<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Cancelled by FB and frozen out of Twitter, Seve has another Twitter page and can be found on Truth, Parler, and Linkedin. Seve Verdad is the author of Finding Devo<\/em>\u2013a novel adventure. Woke cancel-culture mobs want to ban his latest book, Surfing with Sharks<\/em>, a must read of our times.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnvelope<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Praise for Surfing with Sharks<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

“A brilliant work that is sure to become a classic of our times.”\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u2014Cindy Nunn<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“I can totally relate to the frustration, madness, and eventual radicalization of its main character, Colton Candide.”\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u2014M. Kerr<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“…a must read for all who refuse to be intimidated and will not bow down to the woke.”\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u2014Tatiana Alvarado<\/h6><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Release Surfing with Sharks Like so many during the summer of 2020, writer Seve Verdad felt he was watching America, and the world, go mad. In his new novel, Surfing with Sharks, Verdad relives events of that summer and examines universal questions: Has the world gone crazy or am I crazy?…Both? The result is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"disabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-589","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nHome - Seve Verdad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home - Seve Verdad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Release Surfing with Sharks Like so many during the summer of 2020, writer Seve Verdad felt he was watching America, and the world, go mad. In his new novel, Surfing with Sharks, Verdad relives events of that summer and examines universal questions: Has the world gone crazy or am I crazy?…Both? The result is […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Seve Verdad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-02T13:59:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home - Seve Verdad\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-03T09:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-02T13:59:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C747&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C747&ssl=1\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":747},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Seve Verdad\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/seveverdad.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Home - Seve Verdad","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Home - Seve Verdad","og_description":"New Release Surfing with Sharks Like so many during the summer of 2020, writer Seve Verdad felt he was watching America, and the world, go mad. In his new novel, Surfing with Sharks, Verdad relives events of that summer and examines universal questions: Has the world gone crazy or am I crazy?…Both? The result is […]","og_url":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","og_site_name":"Seve Verdad","article_modified_time":"2023-02-02T13:59:17+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","url":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","name":"Home - Seve Verdad","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-03T09:09:52+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-02T13:59:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seveverdad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C747&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seveverdad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Header11920-01-01-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C747&ssl=1","width":2560,"height":747},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/","name":"Seve Verdad","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/589\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seveverdad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}