Rotors: In Search of Survivors and Themselves

Lieutenant Ted Hawks is a skilled and brave Coast Guard search and rescue pilot working to dodge the career-ending efforts of an alcoholic senior officer, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Bracket. Hawks finds help from unlikely sources in a struggle to save his career. The principled but threatening Rip Tide works to protect the junior officer and his crew swimmer, "Splash" O'Reilly, after the duo rescues his girlfriend from an ocean plane crash. Rip Tide’s path further intersects with the young pilot when a criminal project leads back to the incompetent and cruel Bracket. Other forces – from land sharks to real sharks to hurricanes – punctuate this tale of adventure with a few surprise plot twists.Rotors tells the story of people persevering in the face of adversity. It’s also a reminder that all organizations are only as good as their most dysfunctional link.A cast of characters keep this tale lively – from a strip club owner to one of the Coast Guard’s first female ship captains to the beautiful but unhinged wife of a Mexican crime boss. The story takes place in the 1990s when the Coast Guard operated to overcome a shortage of people, aircraft, and ships in the face of an influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti and growing drug smuggling. The action, including a detailed hurricane rescue of a crew from a sinking freighter, is punctuated with humor among a cast of dysfunctional perps inspired by Elmore Leonard, the Godfather of American crime writing. Read more