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Road To Key West #2
Back On The Road To Key West
From the best-selling author of “The Road To Key West” comes another rollicking, hilarious Caribbean adventure that will have you ripping at the pages and laughing out loud! “Back On The Road To Key West” reintroduces the somewhat reluctant adventurers Kansas Stamps and Will Bell, casting them into one bizarre situation after another while capturing the true flavor and feel of Key West and the Caribbean in the early 1980s. An ancient map and a lost pirate treasure, a larcenous Bahamian scoundrel and his gang of cutthroats, a wild and crazy journey into South America in search of a magical antediluvian device, and encounters with outlandish villains and zany friends will keep you locked to your seat and giggling maniacally. You’ll also welcome back Rufus, the wacky, mystical Jamaican Rastaman, and be captivated by another “complicated romance...”
260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 20, 2013
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About the author
Michael Reisig
32 books58 followers Michael Reisig has been writing professionally for 15 years. He is a former newspaper editor and publisher, an award-winning columnist, and a best-selling novelist.
He is the author of six novels. His works have been optioned for motion pictures, sold to overseas publishers, and produced in CD, audio, and e-book format. He has been featured in magazines such as Writer's Digest and Southern Living, and in numerous newspapers across the country.
Reisig was born in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1948. The first son of a military family, he was raised in Europe and California before moving to Florida. He attended high school and college in the Tampa Bay area. After graduating from college, he relocated to the Florida Keys, establishing a commercial diving business in which he served as the company pilot, traveling extensively throughout the southern hemisphere, diving, treasure hunting, and adventuring.
From there he turned to journalism, putting many of his experiences into the pages of his novels and columns, going on to manage, then own newspapers.
He presently resides in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas where he fishes and hunts and writes his novels, and occasionally escapes to the Caribbean for another adventure.
He is the author of six novels. His works have been optioned for motion pictures, sold to overseas publishers, and produced in CD, audio, and e-book format. He has been featured in magazines such as Writer's Digest and Southern Living, and in numerous newspapers across the country.
Reisig was born in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1948. The first son of a military family, he was raised in Europe and California before moving to Florida. He attended high school and college in the Tampa Bay area. After graduating from college, he relocated to the Florida Keys, establishing a commercial diving business in which he served as the company pilot, traveling extensively throughout the southern hemisphere, diving, treasure hunting, and adventuring.
From there he turned to journalism, putting many of his experiences into the pages of his novels and columns, going on to manage, then own newspapers.
He presently resides in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas where he fishes and hunts and writes his novels, and occasionally escapes to the Caribbean for another adventure.
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September 30, 2013
Although I really enjoyed writing the first book in this series (The Road To Key West), I think this one is even more exciting, while being equally as amusing in places. My editors tell me this one is better written (which is something all authors like to hear), and my editor in California, Cris Wanzer, said she blew coffee out her nose twice when editing the funny parts.
If you like a good Caribbean adventure with a handful of crazy characters and what I think is an intriguing plot, then you'll enjoy this. I like to think of it as a vacation to the islands for those of us who can't get our toes in the sand as often as we would like.
I'm going to give myself five stars, because, what the heck -- if you don't love yourself, how can anyone else?
Michael Reisig
If you like a good Caribbean adventure with a handful of crazy characters and what I think is an intriguing plot, then you'll enjoy this. I like to think of it as a vacation to the islands for those of us who can't get our toes in the sand as often as we would like.
I'm going to give myself five stars, because, what the heck -- if you don't love yourself, how can anyone else?
Michael Reisig
March 11, 2019
Zany, hilarious, tropical, what else DO you need? If you think that darn monkey was funny in book one, fasten your seatbelts and put down your coffee before reading about his latest antics!
Mister Reisig, well done mon! De Grand Messenger send you on some great mind adventures, and you kind enough to share dese visions wit de res of us. Thank you, mon!
Mister Reisig, well done mon! De Grand Messenger send you on some great mind adventures, and you kind enough to share dese visions wit de res of us. Thank you, mon!
August 31, 2015
An adventurous story of 2 friends in the 1980s living in the Florida Keys and looking for love, fun, and fortune. In this adventure Kansas Stamps and Will Bell lose their wives to their wives, fly in their Cessna 182 float plane to Cat Island in the Bahamas, with a 300+ year old treasure map and meet the love of their lives, return to Marathon where they meet the love of their lives (yes, another), travel on a Grumman Goose float plane through Mexico, Central America, South America to Bolivia and crash their plane on return in a wild Nicaraguan river, and finally surviving to return to Fantasy Fest in Key West. All the while they are chased by nefarious treasure hunters, cruel bar owners, a yacht stealing Cuban and his tarantula carrying Brazilian wife, and other uniquely Floridian authors’ type characters. I love this kind of absurd adventure, especially when the author describes the islands and calls out the landmarks I know – Some of the action takes place in Marathon, where I have lived for the past 2 months, and where they eat at Herbie’s and the 7 Mile Grill. I am happy to find and read another fun and funny Florida author.
October 26, 2019
How to get published without any skill
This series of books is so full of cliches, both old and tired, that reading them is like listening to a room full of fraternity guys talking about potential pledges. Empty or fake. Boring and vapid. Give this a miss. Save yourself for more rewarding reading.
This series of books is so full of cliches, both old and tired, that reading them is like listening to a room full of fraternity guys talking about potential pledges. Empty or fake. Boring and vapid. Give this a miss. Save yourself for more rewarding reading.
January 9, 2022
Just like I remember it
This series is set in the Keys at the time I lived there so all of the scenes are familiar. The island is a magical place. Fifteen years there and these books bring it all back.
Writing as good as Tom McGuane with that same descriptive style and command of the language.
This series is set in the Keys at the time I lived there so all of the scenes are familiar. The island is a magical place. Fifteen years there and these books bring it all back.
Writing as good as Tom McGuane with that same descriptive style and command of the language.
June 7, 2019
So much fun!
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well-crafted story of adventure and friendship, imagination and hilarity. Although it’s not necessary to start with Book 1, I recommend it. I love this author and look forward to reading all his creations.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well-crafted story of adventure and friendship, imagination and hilarity. Although it’s not necessary to start with Book 1, I recommend it. I love this author and look forward to reading all his creations.
September 18, 2025
An entertaining book
Back on the Road to Key West is a fun read. It has lots of action and wild twists and turns as the guys move from one crazy adventure to the next. A great read.
Back on the Road to Key West is a fun read. It has lots of action and wild twists and turns as the guys move from one crazy adventure to the next. A great read.
July 30, 2018
A little repetitive
Over all good story but has too many repeating story characters and elements. The monster spider was the best though.
Over all good story but has too many repeating story characters and elements. The monster spider was the best though.
January 14, 2019
Hilarious!
Very funny and engaging. Great read. I definitely want to check out more from this author. Love the descriptions of scenery.
Very funny and engaging. Great read. I definitely want to check out more from this author. Love the descriptions of scenery.
July 7, 2019
Confusion!
This tail rambled around so much it was hard too know what happing. The story lost it, realizing. To many strange characters!
This tail rambled around so much it was hard too know what happing. The story lost it, realizing. To many strange characters!
February 13, 2020
Fun
Fun and engaging easy adventure that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but sometimes that’s just what a reader needs.
Fun and engaging easy adventure that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but sometimes that’s just what a reader needs.
October 23, 2020
Fun read but same story
December 19, 2020
Far fetched
Well writers , but a bit far fetched for this reader's taste. Making the story more believable would help, but the work really is that of fiction.
Well writers , but a bit far fetched for this reader's taste. Making the story more believable would help, but the work really is that of fiction.
May 19, 2021
Juvenile.
This was one I might have appreciated if I was a 28 year single person on vacation in Key West or Cancun on vacation and wanted to decompress.
This was one I might have appreciated if I was a 28 year single person on vacation in Key West or Cancun on vacation and wanted to decompress.
May 12, 2022
Fun read
These boys really know the meaning of deep trouble. Really fun read and not one boring moment. You will enjoy it!
These boys really know the meaning of deep trouble. Really fun read and not one boring moment. You will enjoy it!
December 4, 2021
Interesting read but a bit hard to follow as situation after situation changes happen almost to quickly. Would be a better read if each was written with more detail. Nevertheless, still an enjoyable read.
September 6, 2015
Take a trip back to 1980's Key West with Kansas Stamps and Will Bell and let the ride begin! These two fortune hunters incur considerable adventure and are, fortunately, not without substantial support. The cast of characters in a Reisig fiction adventure thriller are described down to the stutter and picturing the scene is effortless. Life with Kansas and Will is never dull--a romp through situations you'd swear are almost real--you can't make this stuff up! Oh wait! It is fiction--too bad--as the circumstance of this plot has them in possession of a 300+ year old map that will recover a single priceless treasure. From the Caribbean to the steaming, fetid jungles of South America picking up crazy characters along the way you can almost smell, these two manage to fall in love and lose almost as often as their fortunes. This is a mind-blowing treasure answering the age old question of the construction of some of the ancient wonders of the world--AH!! It has to be as there can be no other explanation to the exploits of these primeval cultures. I love the delicious way Michael Reisig paints the picture of his protagonists as well as the antagonists--no one gets shorted by Michael's pen. And the whole thing adds up to a delightful word-smithed Caribbean cocktail. This being part of the Key West series you can take heart when the book comes to a conclusion--another adventure by our beloved characters is just around the corner!
November 12, 2015
I'm going to abashedly admit I thought this book was a memoir, the sequel to what I deemed was a previous Key West memoir by the same author. Incorrect by every account imaginable.
I clicked the Book Bargain purchase for my Kindle because a quick scan of the synopsis suggested to me I would enjoy traveling through the Caribbean and Florida Keys with the characters as these are two places I have called home. While I did appreciate being able to juxtapose my personal adventures in paradise with those in the novel, the writing dragged on. There were too many ups and downs instead of one big story leading to a major climax. So, apologetically, I quit half-way through.
I will admit the majority of the geographical references on the islands were accurate. Minor hiccups were noted but nothing that would be noticeable by an island outsider.
I commend Mr. Reisig for writing not one but two novels. However, I can't say the writing style was for me.
I clicked the Book Bargain purchase for my Kindle because a quick scan of the synopsis suggested to me I would enjoy traveling through the Caribbean and Florida Keys with the characters as these are two places I have called home. While I did appreciate being able to juxtapose my personal adventures in paradise with those in the novel, the writing dragged on. There were too many ups and downs instead of one big story leading to a major climax. So, apologetically, I quit half-way through.
I will admit the majority of the geographical references on the islands were accurate. Minor hiccups were noted but nothing that would be noticeable by an island outsider.
I commend Mr. Reisig for writing not one but two novels. However, I can't say the writing style was for me.
January 22, 2014
Although I found the first book in the series (On The Road to Key West) to be a tad bit better, it didn't stop me from wanting to run home from work, put on some pj's, and curl up with my preposterous buddies Kansas and Will and get lost in their swashbuckling adventures. I just purchased the third book and can't wait to go home and see what kind of mayhem their next ridiculous (said with love) adventure brings them to. A true vacation from the seriousness of life and into the island life of a couple of true blue adventurers !
September 14, 2015
It must have been a hoot to hang with Reisig when he was younger because I have never read a book that shows such an active imagination. Just try to keep up with all the antics of Kansas and Will in this second installment of the series. Bad guys come and bad guys go but it is the manner in which the bad guys go, and come back, and go again that provides the page turning entertainment. Kansas and Will, as you may already know, are treasure hunters. Their friend Rufus is always there to provide them with their quest. Thoroughly entertaining book.
October 8, 2015
Great Escape
I really look forward to reading all the books in this series, though I am spreading them out a bit. I like reading one after I plow through a particularly depressing book. This book is extremely uplifting, even though the plot is preposterous, and the coincidences a bit far fetched. Who cares? This book takes you where most guys dream of going in some fantasy life they know doesn't really exist, but is fun to daydream about. The characters are eccentric, the situations are wildly fun, and the locales exotic. Just what the doctor ordered.
I really look forward to reading all the books in this series, though I am spreading them out a bit. I like reading one after I plow through a particularly depressing book. This book is extremely uplifting, even though the plot is preposterous, and the coincidences a bit far fetched. Who cares? This book takes you where most guys dream of going in some fantasy life they know doesn't really exist, but is fun to daydream about. The characters are eccentric, the situations are wildly fun, and the locales exotic. Just what the doctor ordered.
June 19, 2016
Great trip! Never been to Key West...
I needed to wait to finish Back on the Road...following cutting my literary brain on Road to...Much thanks to Mr. Reisig for giving me my first real visual experience(s) of in Key West. I'd heard of it from friends who'd actually lived there over the years...But nobody had taken the time or effort to give to me the in depth , albeit vicarious, understanding of the unparalleled beauty and hedonistic lure of this utopic paradise. I'll be returning for Along the Road...soon
I needed to wait to finish Back on the Road...following cutting my literary brain on Road to...Much thanks to Mr. Reisig for giving me my first real visual experience(s) of in Key West. I'd heard of it from friends who'd actually lived there over the years...But nobody had taken the time or effort to give to me the in depth , albeit vicarious, understanding of the unparalleled beauty and hedonistic lure of this utopic paradise. I'll be returning for Along the Road...soon
May 13, 2014
A fun, irreverent tale which follows Kansas and Will on more sorted adventures. The book is well written and highly entertaining. From how they get themselves in and out of trouble as well as all the twists and turns it takes, it will leave you wanting more and wanting to take a trip down to the keys to try and find a Rufus of your own. I think books makes a great vacation read or at least makes you feel like you’re on vacation if you can’t actually get away!
November 1, 2015
Seems a bit not-believable....that these two characters can get into such trouble and then get free each time!!....a bit lame. The book does move right along and the plots are easy to follow but really....a guy comes back from the dead three times? Puhleeeese. I liked all the Key West and Florida Keys references and the additional characters were pretty cool.
September 5, 2015
Mystery and adventure set in Key West and South America. Two partners who go on Indiana Jones type adventure to search for and find treasures. Not a sophistacated read, but quite enjoyable and entertaining. I will read more of this series.
May 4, 2016
What a ride!
Can you get into more trouble than these two do? I think not. What a great adventure with pirate treasure, Aztec cities and crash landing in Central America. It's no wonder they are always in search of the perfect women.
Can you get into more trouble than these two do? I think not. What a great adventure with pirate treasure, Aztec cities and crash landing in Central America. It's no wonder they are always in search of the perfect women.
September 5, 2016
Boys will be boys
A great adventure that let you remember the boys will be boys can come up with a lot of crazy ideas in both of the characters were hysterical end made me think maybe this was the author in reality and his experiences great job
A great adventure that let you remember the boys will be boys can come up with a lot of crazy ideas in both of the characters were hysterical end made me think maybe this was the author in reality and his experiences great job
February 19, 2014
VERY interesting.......
never a dull moment. I hated to put it down. Really good use of the English language. Will be happy to read the next one.
never a dull moment. I hated to put it down. Really good use of the English language. Will be happy to read the next one.
July 5, 2014
A laugh out loud book full of fun and adventure.
September 15, 2014
This is a humorous adventure that kept me wondering what would happen next!
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