Dark Ship

Ryan Weller Thriller #2

by Evan Graver

Product Description:

Ryan Weller has killed the leader of the Aztlán cartel. Their terrorist cells inside the United States were rounded up to prevent more attacks on cities in the desert Southwest. But no one in the government is paying attention to the man who supplied the cartel with weapons, Jim Kilroy. The arms dealer has a history of working with the US government. He started by running drugs and guns in and out of Nicaragua, and now he supplies Afghanistan militias to fight the Taliban. Kilroy also supplies weapons to drug lords and dictators, using his string of posh resorts to launder his ill-gotten gains.

One of those resorts is in Caye Caulker, Belize, run by Aaron Grose. Ryan decides to turn Aaron into an informant. Ryan and his partner, Mango Hulsey, travel with owner of Dark Water Research, Greg Olsen, to Caye Caulker, on the trail of the largest arms shipment Kilroy has ever made.

The new leader of the Aztlán cartel has offered a two-million-dollar bounty for Ryan and Mango. On the tiny resort island, those elements collide. A Russian bounty hunter named Volk attacks and destroys the resort. He also kills Kilroy’s business partner.

Kilroy knows Ryan’s history. Using a combination of threats against the men’s and patriotic appeal, Kilroy convinces Ryan and Mango to deliver the load of weapons to a Haitian dictator, who is paying for them with twenty-five million dollars in gold bars.

Haiti is fraught with internal strife and poverty. Ryan knows that a new dictator could upset the balance of power in the Caribbean. He agrees to deliver the weapons, placing himself on the ship will give him an opportunity to stop the transfer from happening.

Caught in the middle of a power struggle between Haitian warlords, a ruthless international arms dealer, and a Russian bounty hunter, who has taken his employer hostage, Ryan must find a way to save the day. The only way out just might be a watery grave.

340 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2018

About the author

I'm center-brained and I get bored easily. I worked a lot of jobs in construction, as a security guard, a motorcycle tech (I'm a certified for Honda and Yamaha), as a car technician, a property manager, and in the scuba industry. My favorite job was being an aviation electronics technician (AT) in the US Navy. (I guess my new favorite is writing). After a motorcycle accident left me paralyzed, the Navy said, "You're out of here," and medically retired me.
I moved back to Ohio, got married, had a son, and completed a bachelors in business management. I was always tired of the cold and the snow. It doesn't make it easy to get around when you're in a wheelchair. After years of trying to convince the wife to sell the house and travel, we bought a twenty-five foot toy hauler. I voided the warranty the day we brought it home by taking out one of the bunks and making and installing custom cabinets. Then we spent several winters traveling the Southwest, and eventually sold the house. We lived in the trailer full time for about two years and saw most of the US, except Kansas and Nebraska and New England. We'll get there.
Along the way, I tried my hand at a lot of action sports; skiing, skydiving, bungee jumping, motorcycle racing, ATV riding, and scuba diving. I love to dive, so much that we ended up settling in Hollywood, Florida. I try to dive at least once a week and I'm working on my technical diving certifications. I want to go to three hundred feet.

You can stay in touch with me at evan@evangraver.com, check out www.evangraver.com, or on Facebook, Evan Graver Author.

Reviews

[Walter Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

A drug cartel, an arms dealer, and a little voodoo

I am hooked on Ryan Weller. Started with Dark Water (#1) and then Dark Prey (#9) and belatedly realized I had to get down with Dark Horse (#3) – Dark Path (#8) as soon as I finished this one. Kind of like a drug addict who needs that next fix. Not wanting to take any chances, I purchased all of the rest of the series.
Evan Graver writes what he knows. Like Evan, his lead character - Ryan Weller - is ex-EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). Ryan handles his underwater diving experiences with the sense of attention-to-details of the professional, yet never lets it become intrusive. And Ryan, like the best of the Special Forces brotherhood, never hesitates to put his life on the line in order to protect the ones he serves with and those who are at the mercy of the cruel and powerful.
Ryan, and his best friend, Mango, have a two million dollar bounty on their heads, courtesy of their actions in Dark Water. If delivered alive to the poster of the bounty, so they can be subjected to torture and a lingering death, there is a cash bonus.
I love the main and the secondary characters. There is emotion, as well as ironic military humour. Settings are as three dimensional as you can achieve with the written word. The suspense and pacing are torrid.
I read Brad Thor, David Poyer, Marc Cameron, Ben Coes, Brad Taylor, and Dalton Fury (now deceased, and much missed) – and now read Evan Graver

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An EG. mystery. thriller that takes place in South Florida, Mexico, Central America and Northern South Americal

EG. has. penned a mystery about the Cartels who diagnosis t

EG. has. penned a mystery novel about the activists of the Cartels in the selling of drugs and excellent and weapons of war. The US Government wants this to stop and a certain legal force in the American inventory hire mercenaries. Once the two fractions meet the war begins to run out of control. The three American Agents are covering each other's back but they are greatly outnumbered. The end is in sight, but the battle isn't over. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Karen Kearns · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting

This is the second book in the Ryan Weller series and I found it to be just as exciting as the first book. I guess I’ll just have to keep reading the subsequent books until I find that they are no longer exciting.

[Sherrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 2 in the Ryan Weller series. Not as strong as the first book, but still a fun read. It continues the story. This author speaks with the authority of personal experience on the limits and frustrations of physical disability. Nonetheless, his characters demonstrate that their injuries do not define them. If you like action involving boats and scuba diving, this series is for you.

[Pamela HildebrandtCloud · Rating 5 out of 5]

As good as the first.

The action just keeps coming.
It is some times difficult for a author to
keep up the momentum in a series.
Not this author! Another case, more
non-stop action with old friends and new enemies.
Don't miss it!!

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much

Too many characters to keep track of. Good but not the best. RUSSIANS are so boring. Sorry. Couldn't keep up.

[Connie Hamby · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read book

I am really enjoying these books by Evan Braver he really knows how to write a good book thank you on to the next one

[Thomas D. Bunce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keep it up

Another page turned supported by vivid descriptions of the background our characters find themselves in. Good plot supporting a nine lives belief in our hero's .

[Stacy Derebery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

I felt like I was in the midst of all the action. I enjoyed the story and am reading book 3 after I leave this quick review.

[G.Richard Mccafferty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

Another great story looking forward to more from this author Ryan and mango gotta be in more adventures and I'm sure Greg will save their assets again ciao from costa rica