Skeleton Cay

by Mark Seymour

A man’s beautiful life— his wife, his daughter, and his unborn child—are taken from him a day after the 9.11 attacks when Islamic terrorists, fleeing the aftermath, come upon his boat, anchored in the waters of an outlying Bahamian island off the north coast of Cuba. Coming back from a solo scuba dive to find the tortured bodies of his family, he swears revenge on those responsible. Thinking they were drug smugglers, he consoles himself by running a Q-ship operation in the Caribbean, taking on the role of judge, jury, and executioner with a motley crew of military friends and fellow warriors. In the end, however, the truth comes out, and those who killed his family come back, close enough this time that he can reach them. But who they are, and why they’re back, are a big surprise.

282 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2008