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| Category: Fiction:Adventure |
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| About the Book | |
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An old man and his grandson experience a home invasion after the grandson witnesses a drug-related murder. The thugs believe he has a large amount of “crack” cocaine and threaten to kill them. Grandpa and Tim,escape with their lives and flee in their sailboat. Together, they sail out into the open ocean through the Straits of Florida. They find Maresol Ortez the lone survivor of a Cuban refugee raft. She is near death from dehydration and exposure, but Tim and Grandpa nurse her back to health. She joins them in their quest to start life anew somewhere else. Throughout the book, Tim, Grandpa and Maresol long for the “quiet life” again along the shores of Lake Michigan. But can they escape the wrath of the Mafia drug lord John Scarlotti? A very exciting tale, with a nail biting finish of heroism, self-sacrifice and love that is a must read for anyone who enjoys a good adventure tale. Welcome aboard The Rose!
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| About the Author | |
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Al Perrin lives in Ruskin, Fl. He is the author of six books and many magazine articles. He has five children with eight grandchildren. He also finds time to go sailing on Tampa Bay and in the Great Lakes. |