Rogues: 100 TONS OF PURE MENACE...

Blog #1:
Dear Friends - Happy New Year! As many of you know I am renting a home in Port Townsend, WA through April to complete work on a novel that takes place in and around this area. I've been here since 1 November and have connected with some interesting folks, many of whom you'll meet in the weeks and months ahead if you have the time/interest to follow the "Rogues" Blog. Those characters include Prosecuting Attorney Scott Rosekrans (he is also the Coroner) and two elders from the Makah Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula (their people have lived on that land for 4,500 years). 

Anyway... this is Blog 1 and includes a 1 pp. Synopsis of the book, below (future Blogs will be shorter, I promise). If you like what you read, you might want to stay tuned... for murder, mayhem, a creature without equal, and plenty of small town quirkiness (The motto of Port Townsend: "We're all here because we're not all here!). Until next time...

Best,

- bill

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ROGUES

A Novel

by

William Neal

SYNOPSIS

They roam the seas in freedom. With no enemies save man.

IN PUGET SOUND. They are out there in the water… listening, stalking. For millennia these colossal creatures have roamed undetected in the polar abyss, the stuff of myth and legend. Now, forced from the only home they have ever known by an ecological meltdown, they are on the move. The countdown to carnage has begun!   

IN CHICAGO. A different kind of predator is on the loose. Homicide detective Abby Kendall investigates a brutal mass murder even as she struggles with her own demons. After exposing a cabal of dirty cops, Abby has become a pariah at the local precinct. Meanwhile, she is being pursued by a fiendish serial killer bent on revenge.

IN SEATTLE. Renowned marine biologist Katrina Kincaid delivers devastating news to the GM at Kingdom of The Sea Oceanarium. Samson, the magnificent orca that drives the park’s obscene profits, is dying. Animal rights activists threaten to shut down all 15 theme parks owned by Chandler Global Enterprises (CGE), a crippling financial blow.

IN SAN FRANCISCO. CGE Chairman Mitchell Chandler, a.k.a. the “one-eyed dragon,” cooks up a diabolical scheme to derail the activists drawing on the ancient teachings of an infamous Chinese warrior. Chandler’s sidekick: the beautiful Savanna Sokolov. Savannah is not only charming and brilliant she is also the world’s most daring art thief.

IN THE BERING SEA. Captain Zora Flame, at the helm of a 68 foot crabber, completes a harrowing maneuver in angry, 90 foot seas that sends shivers up the spines of even the most seasoned mariners. Her daring exploits turn her into a media darling: part Greek goddess, part punk rocker. Thelma and Louise rolled into one!

THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOW take readers into a world of razor-edge suspense and international intrigue, a story as timely as today’s ecological challenges and as timeless as the mighty creatures themselves. Rogues is an explosive thriller that shatters the mold, blurring the line between right and wrong, good and evil, justice and revenge – while seamlessly weaving together a cast of unforgettable characters, including a Leviathan infinitely more terrifying than Moby Dick or the marauding shark known as Jaws.