Splitwind

by Mike Rothery

Charlie is a beach bum on a small Caribbean island. His life is going nowhere and he can't even scrape together enough for a flight home to England. Then one day he meets Captain Joe, a garrulous old sea gypsy. They become friends and one day Captain Joe shows Charlie the mysterious Splitwind phenomenon, an area of perplexingly freakish weather where all the rules of physics are turned topsy turvy

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First published July 8, 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.