The Crossing

by William Hunter Howell

Without a plan, Tallahassee Hayward arrives in Antigua on a cheap-flight whim and a need to escape the ordinary. Without the chance to argue, he quickly falls prey to a myriad of exploits, the shack he lives in barely providing a roof over his head as he works the the docks of English Harbour, a deckhand for the filthy rich and a regular at filthy bars. Surrounded by money and booze and corrupted everything's, Tallahassee starts to realise his own way, his wants and wishes, his morals and integrities and deep disdains, his character suddenly shaped by adventure and greed, and the despicable secret of Antigua.

Not sure where he's headed, the chance to take on The Crossing arises from the most unlikely of places, and with it the rush of the unknown. It's the adventure that can churn out anything from peace to peril, Tallahassee forced into the life of a shellback as the white fangs of the big blue carve out men, his want to escape the norm twisting into the unexpected, a mad, mad journey, a kismet for the ones mad to live.

149 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2014

About the author

William Hunter Howell (1988 - Present) was born on the east coast of the United Kingdom to political parents and a background of adventure, before the lure of the yellow brick road saw him move to London in his early twenties.

His debut book 'Affable in Adversity" shot to Number 1 Best Seller on Amazon, and enlightens its audience to the subject of what it was to be bereaved in his late teenage years. With a flair for the English language and the expanse of its offering, William Hunter Howell has a pedigree in luring his reader into a world of gritty and clever honesty, drawing out a vast spectrum of emotions with his unique perspective of all things intriguing.

Whilst William Hunter Howell has a plethora of work set for release, his 'Mad Ones' series is a style that pays homage to the rebel writers of the beat generation.