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SURFMEN
As lightning cracks over a roiling sea, a young boy clings to life amidst the waves. His family… his friends… all that he’s ever known… have been taken by the storm. Drifting in the sea-tossed wreckage, the boy is unexpectedly rescued and given a new chance at life on the sands of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Thirty years later, thirteen years after the Civil War, on that same far-flung spit of sand at Cape Hatteras, seven men of courage face the sea and its storms as men of the United States Lifesaving Service. Recruited and trained by that same boy grown to manhood, Confederate blockade runner Captain Thomas Hooper, the men of Cape Hatteras Station are the only hope for sailors in distress at the treacherous Diamond Shoals. As Thomas Hooper readies his men to fight the sea and tries to keep them from fighting each other, he realizes that the souls he’s there to save may very well be those of his men
302 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 9, 2013
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January 31, 2014
Young Tom Hooper is the only survivor of a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast. Taken to Ocracoke Island by his rescuer, Tom grows up to know the waters off North Carolina extremely well. His success at slipping through the Union blockade during the Civil War brings him to the attention of Sumner Kimball, the man in charge of the newly established Lifesaving Service, a series of manned outposts along the coastline charged with saving the lives of shipwreck survivors. The most dangerous waters are off Cape Hatteras and no one will take the job of Keeper. Until Tom, that is. He assembles a rag tag crew of misfits who overcome enormous odds as they learn to work together to save lives.
This is a well-told tale, fast-paced and very readable. The author hooks you from the very beginning and holds your interest to the end. 4.5 stars.
This is a well-told tale, fast-paced and very readable. The author hooks you from the very beginning and holds your interest to the end. 4.5 stars.
February 25, 2014
A great read!
A great read!
history and adventure in a story of the
beginings of the life saving corps.Bravery abounds.
A talented New author that bears watching
A great read!
history and adventure in a story of the
beginings of the life saving corps.Bravery abounds.
A talented New author that bears watching
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