Intervention

by Mike Rothery

Following the shooting of his girlfriend, Patrick Redman is forced at gunpoint to transport a shipment of cocaine in his yacht. Knowing his probable fate on reaching their destination, Patrick plots a course to take them close to a small island during the night when he can make his escape. But the plan goes awry when his portable radio is damaged and he finds himself marooned with no means of calling for help. The British ex-serviceman survives, and after a year, is finally rescued when US naval forces use his island for bombardment practice prior to offensive operations in Grenada. Regaining his health and strength aboard a US warship, and with hostilities ashore reaching a conclusion, Patrick is determined to exact retribution on his partner’s murderers. By a stroke of good fortune, a marine unit on coastal patrol discover his boat abandoned in a mangrove lagoon, leading Patrick to conclude that the killers have dumped it here and fled the island. In this, and many other assumptions, Patrick is horribly mistaken.

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First published March 17, 2015

About the author

I divide my time between working at my home in Elgin, cycling around the Highlands, and cruising the Atlantic/Caribbean islands in my yacht, Island Spirit. In past lives, I served twenty-five years in the Royal Navy and then another twenty as Director of a computer software company in the Midlands. Although I have written several novels since retirement, I consider To Run Before the Sea my first quality work. I am currently (Oct 2020) completing the sequel, The Travel Agent, to be released in December 2020. Several more Rosie Winterbourne stories will follow.

Bio: Mike Rothery was born in 1949, in Yorkshire, England, and lived his first ten years at various military bases in France, Germany and Northern Ireland. The family returned to Yorkshire when his father retired from the RAF in 1960. Mike joined the Royal Navy in 1965 and served in various ships until 1990, when he embarked on a new career in software development. Retiring in 2010 he returned to the sea where he began his writing career. He now cruises the oceans in his yacht, Island Spirit.