In the Event of a Water Landing tells for the first time the full stories of the Bermuda Sky Queen and Sovereign of the Skies rescues, the only two completely successful open water ditchings in Commercial Aviation history.

Using the voices of the passengers, flight crew, and the Cutter’s crewmen an amazing tale unfolds. Their vivid memories, interspersed with contemporary news reports, flesh out the unemotional entries from the cutter’s logbook and official investigations.

No one flying, before or since, ever experienced such harrowing rescues.

Americans called it "Torpedo Junction," Germans "Devil's Gorge," but historians know it as the Battle of the Atlantic—the Allied struggle to move desperately needed supplies from America to Europe through devastating assaults by German U-boats, ships, and aircraft. Bloodstained Sea describes in vivid detail the heroic actions of the Coast Guard ships that defended Allied convoys en route through the North Atlantic to England.

"Bloodstained Sea is an exquisitely researched, thoroughly
absorbing history of the Coast Guard's role in the greatest
sea battle ever fought. This book is for everyone who ever
went to sea, and for their sons and daughters."
- Stephen Coonts, best selling author of the Jake Grafton series

It's a simple plan -- force the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by shutting down key US ports. No need for weapons of mass destruction, ordinary explosives easily obtained would do the job.

The complex part is for Coast Guard Lieutenant Mark Fletcher to stop it from happening.

Stretching from the treacherous shores of Iraq to inner circles of power in Washington, DC, Choke Points leads the reader deep into the heart of the War on Terror and the real threats of attack on the U.S.

This is the first novel of the Fletcher Saga that stretches from the tumultuous Colonial times to the ever-dangerous present.

"Absorbing, exciting, action-packed, and wonderfully
plotted—with unsettling authenticity and realism."
Dennis Powers, author of The Raging Sea,
Treasure Ship, and Sentinel of the Seas