Books and Stories by Malcolm Torres
The Pirate
Jack Turner is The Pirate. He's a former LA skate punk turned Coast Guard deckhand. He's a loveable knucklehead with a sordid past, but he's trying to get on the straight and narrow. As a teenager growing up in Los Angeles, he was arrested for stealing a car, but a lenient judge allowed him to avoid probation if he agreed to join the Coast Guard.
On his first assignment after boot camp, Jack is aboard a ship patrolling the Caribbean for smugglers. He knows he has an opportunity to turn his life around. But, when he discovers easy access to large quantities of seized contraband, Jack starts playing a dangerous game on both sides of the law. Quickly he finds himself torn between easy illegal money and a new found loyalty to his ship, her crew and their captain. Oh, and his girlfriend Wendy from back in LA -- she has news for Jack that he is struggling to believe. Available in paperback and on all eReaders: Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords.
Sailors Take Warning, A Novel
The USS Nimitz steams toward the equator where her crew of 5,000 women and men will hold an ancient hazing ritual. But something is wrong aboard the ship. Bodies have turned up missing from the morgue and several jets have been sabotaged on the flight deck. Can first-responder Kate Conrad and deckhand Terrance McDaniels figure out what's wrong before the ship crosses the Golden Line? And if they do, will their superior officers listen to them and prevent a disaster at sea? Available in paperback and eReader on Amazon.
Sailors Delight, A Novel
When his ship leaves Hawaii for war in the Persian Gulf, Marlow stays behind on medical hold and discovers a cure for his post traumatic stress: Party all night and surf all day, that is when he's not at the hospital where military doctors examine his head and his heart. Available on Amazon.
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Sixty-Four Days, A Sea Story
Sixty-four days from now, Senior Chief Brendan O'Reilly will retire after 30-years in the US Navy, but today he's working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier—the most dangerous 4.5 acres on the planet. Today, he has to stop daydreaming about visiting National Parks with his lovely wife, Diane, in their new motorhome. Today, Brendan O'Reilly has to focus on keeping himself and his shipmates alive. Available on all eReaders: Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook and Smashwords.
Shark Tooth Rosary, A Sea Story
Christopher Marlow spends his free time in the ship's library flipping through a book entitled The Geography of the Philippines. The glossy pictures of tropical beaches, rice paddies and erupting volcanoes makes him daydream about taking a grand adventure when his ship reaches it's next port of call, Subic Bay, in the Republic of the Philippines. When the ship finally drops anchor, he heads for the bus station, determined to discover the mysteries of the Orient for himself. There's only one small problem; in order to get to the bus station, he has to walk past a mile-long strip of bars and cathouses. Available on Amazon.
Back to the Philippines, A Sea Story
Pat arrives in Subic Bay after ten weeks working on the flight deck out on the South China Sea. Rather than head to the bars with his shipmates, Pat has a plan, one that will earn him thousands of dollars. All he has to do is smuggle some illegal contraband back to the states. Available on Amazon.
Making Peace with Japan, A Sea Story
This funny story follows three young sailors off the USS Enterprise as they come ashore in Sasebo, Japan. They are greeted by thousands of anti-nuclear protesters. After weeks at sea, the sailors only want an exotic meal and a cold beer, but this port visit turns into a reckoning with history after they meet some friendly locals and find themselves Making Peace with Japan. Available on Amazon.
All of these books are original works of fiction by Malcolm Torres. They include Sea Stories, Nautical Fiction, US Navy and US Coast Guard Sea Adventures and Suspense Thrillers.
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