Jacaranda

by Larry Jeram-Croft

The Windward and Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. Playground to the rich. However, there is something very unusual out to the west. The locals know but seldom talk about it. Jack Vincent and his superyacht ‘Jacaranda’ stumble on the secret and he and his crew learn the truth. They rescue a man from the past and attempt to take him home, over two hundred years back in time. Set in the present day and the time of Nelson, ‘Jacaranda’ mixes these two worlds in an adventure story that reaches its climax just as one of the Caribbean’s worst natural disasters occurs. What would you say, if invited to dinner by Captain Horatio Nelson?

271 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 2012

About the author

Best selling author, Larry Jeram-Croft spent thirty years in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and engineer. He then worked in industry for seven years before retiring. When he retired, he and his wife bought a yacht and went to live in the Caribbean. It was this experience that led to the idea for his 'Jacaranda trilogy'. The novels are based on true events in the West indies of Nelson's time and provide thrilling and exciting stories for all who love the sea and sailing. Brought up on the books of C S Forester and Patrick O'Brian he was surprised that no one was writing similar stories about the modern Royal Navy, especially with so much going on in previous decades. As he was himself a Lynx helicopter pilot during the Falklands War, he decided to start there, using his own extensive knowledge of the conflict. 'Sea Skimmer' was the result; a book based on many true stories, the main one being why the Argentinian Exocet missiles failed to explode. Directly involved in anti Exocet countermeasures and also with a grandstand seat of the final Exocet raid of the war, the book, although a novel, has an authenticity that cannot be bettered. More books have followed. The latest 'Diamant' is a historical novel set in 1805 about the Royal Navy setting up a garrison on Diamond Rock off Martinique an exercise that almost brought Nelson and the French together well before Trafalgar.
In addition to his fiction, last year he published his first non- fiction work, an operational history of the RN Lynx helicopter. Another about the RN Wasp helicopter is due out this year.
Larry now lives in Martock, Somerset and spends most of his time writing and playing golf extraordinarily badly.

You can keep up to date on his blog at: http://sowethereyet.blogspot.co.uk/

Reviews

[Patrick Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Put off buying this as it was so different from the excellent Jon Hunt series, wish I hadn’t as it was a cracking story, nicely written as always by the author and I’m now onto the second book with the third downloaded ready to go.

[William Rowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

a wonderful blend of history and science fiction

A rocking story set in two centuries that’s plausible within the author’s context. He seems to have enjoyed writing as I did reading it.

[Gerald E Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story

A riveting yarn spoiled once again by erratic editing. I shall read the next two books but do not relish the tussle to come trying to make the words flow.

[Mac Bogert · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect adventure

Not too serious, lots of action, romance, villains, great sailing scenes, accurate history. It’s detailed enough to grab, but also has a gripping pace.

[Larry Jeram-Croft · Rating 5 out of 5]

By the author - my first book and written after two years sailing in the Caribbean. There is just so much history there that no one knows about - and a great deal of fun in telling it.