In the first of theBahamasseries,Bahama Snow, Defense Force Commodore Jerome MacArthurs sons are shot to death on Sandy Cay. The drug operation he masterminds is terminated. InBahama Payback, MacArthur discovers thatFloridacharter boat captain and former Marine, Morgan Early, is responsible. He swears revenge. Columbian drug lord Victor Torres sends MacArthur a bloody, stomach-churning message that he must immediately re-activate their smuggling operation. Drug Enforcement Agency District Commander Larry Reid is under orders fromWashingtonto eliminate the corrupt MacArthur. When efforts to recruit Morgan Early for the task fail, he enters into a Faustian bargain with the Commodore. Earlys beautiful fiance, Rhonda Marcus, is kidnapped to draw Early to theBahamas.

Ruthless Colombian drug lord Victor Torres swears to his dying father that he will avenge the destruction of their Bahamas trafficking operation which concluded Hank Manley's last book, Bahama Payback. He discovers that Florida charter boat captain and former Marine Morgan Early is responsible. Torres sets in motion a devious chain of events to draw Morgan and his new wife to the islands. Their capture at a festive party on Paradise Island has bloody and unexpected results. Morgan and Rhonda finally conceive a risky plan to eliminate the continuing threat posed by Torres. Rhonda must gather all her strength and cleverness as she volunteers to infiltrate Torres' armed camp on the night he sets for their demise. Morgan must land on a hostile island, outnumbered and outgunned, to bring his beloved Rhonda home safely.

That night she was Marilyn, and she was looking for a man to kill. She had fought the rising urge for a month – ever since the night she murdered her father. She thought exacting ultimate revenge on her father would finally end her agony and put to rest her shame and self-loathing. But she was wrong. The hurt began to return. The humiliation continued to gnaw at her soul. Morgan and Rhonda Early are summoned to the Bimini Bay Resort and Casino by their friend Daisy Bain. Male guests in the resort are found dead in their beds. Bewildering evidence is found on the victim’s bodies. Different beautiful women are observed with the men on the casino video tapes, but there is no evidence the women were in the rooms. Rhonda and Morgan struggle to lean the identity of the killer or killers. A single item of physical evidence is available for analysis. Will this be enough to prevent additional killings?

Intercepted e-mails alert Homeland Security to the possibility of a terrorist attack on South Florida staged from a Bahamian island. Rhonda and Morgan Early are again recruited by the Drug Enforcement Administration to monitor suspicious activity on Bimini, located just fifty miles from Miami. Ahmed Atta needs money to implement his plan to kill sixty-five thousand Americans. He busts convicted cartel leader Victor Torres from jail for one million dollars. When Rhonda and Morgan learn of suspicious activity on Bimini, they rush to the island to thwart any potential danger. Torres inadvertently assists the terrorists by attempting to avenge his earlier capture by Morgan and Rhonda. He snatches their son and lures them to his trafficking headquarters on Plana Cay with the intent to brutally murder them. Meanwhile, Ahmed Atta's brilliant plan to kill an unfathomable number of Americans proceeds unabated.

Mariners and dreamers alike will marvel at the thrilling authentic tales of marlin fishing, scuba diving and bonefishing presented in Hank Manley's book. What is it like to catch a 1000 lb. fish? Would you swim into a cave with a 450 lb. bull shark that was supposedly sleeping? Do animals ever display the human qualities of anger, revenge and trust? Could you catch a sailfish on line the thickness of a human hair? Can bonefishing result in broken bones? For more than 40 years, Hank and his wife Gretchen have traveled the waters of the Caribbean, the Bahamas and the Pacific in their boat Escapade. Enjoy some of their most memorable moments in Tales of a Life Upon the Sea.

A surprise hurricane sweeps across the small Bahamian island where Warren Early, age fifteen, is spending the summer. He is swept to sea with his dog Conchshell and knocked unconscious. The boy awakens at the secret camp of the famous pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard. Crew members suspect Warren is a spy for hated Governor Rogers and prepare to hang him. Blackbeard intervenes. Marty Read befriends Warren. Together they participate in the capture of a French merchant ship and a hostage plan to extort gold and medicine from the townspeople of Charles Town. The plot fails. Blackbeard is captured. Warren and Marty manage to free their captain and return to Nassau where they meet Calico Jack Rackman and Anne Bonney. The four pirates sail off to the Jamaica and seize a Spanish merchant ship with deadly results. Can Warren ever return to his frantic parents? What is the secret Marty has hidden so cleverly? Will the two friends be able to continue their growing relationship over the span of two hundred years?