Hank Searls is celebrated for his gripping novels and screenplays, often drawing from his extensive experiences with the ocean. His works explore human limits and resilience against the power of nature, frequently featuring precise technical detail and a strong narrative drive. Searls masterfully immerses readers in worlds of adventure and peril, where the boundaries between humanity and the wild blur. His distinctive style and profound understanding of marine environments make him a compelling storyteller.
Martyr's Flight, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
Known for his later work as the writer of bestsellers such as Jaws II and for classic TV shows such as The Fugitive, Hank Searls began his career toiling in the pages of Dime Detective and other Popular Publications detective magazines penning tales of P.I. Mike Blair, a Sam Spade-esque detective based in San Francisco. The edition collects all seven Blair stories, along with an introduction by Searls himself.
A New York Times-bestselling author's intricately conceived, "remarkably eloquent" response to Moby-Dick: a story of harmony between man and whale (The Washington Post). This unique adventure tale follows two characters: one a sonar officer aboard a sinking Russian nuclear submari≠ the other a massive, aging sperm whale swimming nearby. As the young man spends what may be his last days with the ship's lovely surgeon, he listens to the plaintive calls of the whales sounding--calls of compassion, fear, and anger at humankind's attacks on his species. Little does he realize these fellow creatures may also provide his only hope of survival. Giving voice to these magnificent mammals, Hank Searls--who in addition to his work as a writer has also been a yachtsman, underwater photographer, and Navy flyer--taps into our ancient connection to the natural world in a fascinating, suspenseful, and provocative drama.
Best selling author Hank Searls (Overboard, Jaws II) sets a shattering thriller in the coastal fire country of Southern California, as he plumbs the ordeal of a homicide detective fighting to save Santa Barbara, a city penned between mountains and the sea in its yearly desert gale, engulfed by flames, and nearly destroyed by a psychopathic arsonist.
“A masterwork of thriller fiction…gripping…” —Earnest K. Gann, author of The High and Mighty “Authentic” —New York Times “Compelling and chilling.” —John J. Nance, author of Final Approach
The sleep-spoiling thriller of the year.San Diego UnionIn an astonishing, moving thriller about family bonds that reach across time, the author of Overboard and Sounding brings all his skill to a re-creation of one of historys most thrilling episodes, the American Gold Rush.
A jet propelled novel of todays pioneers. The hard drinking, hard loving heroes who probe the frontier of outer space.
Der Terror geht weiter - ein großer weißer Hai kehrt zurück und er versetzt die restlichen Mitglieder der Familie Brody in Angst und Schrecken. Ellen Brody hat bereits ihren Ehemann im Kampf mit dem Mörder aus dem Meer verloren und nun fürchtet sie um ihre beiden Söhne und ihre Enkeltochter, die in Nassau leben, Ellen spürt die drohende Gefahr fast körperlich und das Wissen, dass sie machtlos auf die Katastrophe warten muss, treibt sie an den Rand des Wahnsinns. Währenddessen bahnt sich der Hai zielsicher und unaufhaltsam seinen Weg in die Bucht von Nassau. Voller Wut und Blutgier lässt er nur Zerstörung und Tod zurück. Er hat einen ganz besonderen Auftragt zu erfüllen...
A novel of Japanese revenge against George Bush for his wartime flying feats, written by a bestselling author who was there.
