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Title: Blood Tide

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Robert F. Jones

Narrator: Alex Hyde-White

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of Clive Cussler and Alistair MacLean, Blood Tide is a gripping novel of betrayal and revenge set in a remote and lawless corner of the Philippines. Unjustly blamed for a failed escape attempt from a North Vietnamese prison, James Culdee, a career US Navy noncom who has served his country with distinction for 20 years, is suddenly and unfairly forced into a disgraceful retirement. Devastated, Culdee retreats into alcoholism until he is rescued by his daughter, Miranda, a charter boat skipper whose sloop, the Seamark, has been stolen. When Miranda learns that the Seamark has been sighted in the dangerous and primitive Flyaway Islands of the Philippines, father and daughter sail off in pursuit, on a voyage that will carry them across the Pacific. Arriving in the Flyaways, where local pirates and drug smugglers are as treacherous as the hidden shoals and reefs, Culdee and Miranda join a band of Filipinio insurgents plotting to overthrow a tyrannical American drug lord, who may or may not be the same "slimy" who betrayed Culdee in Vietnam. Filled with action, suspense, and nautical lore, Blood Tide is a tale of intrigue, courage, and passion - of a father and a daughter's battle against overwhelming odds in infernal jungles where murder is a sport and madness a way of life.

Critic Reviews:

A winner.... Blood Tide is the best high-adventure escape Ive taken in years. (Elmore Leonard, author of the Raylan Givens series)

Members Reviews:

Great premise, an aging ex-Navy man is whiling away ...

Not my usual bill of fare, as I am more of a Sci-Fi/Fantasy reader, but I saw this on a Kindle daily deal notice and took a chance. Great premise, an aging ex-Navy man is whiling away his remaining days, alone at the bottom of a bottle, in his home by the sea. We learn of his days as a POW and a terrible betrayal. His VERY able daughter comes home after sailing all over the world seeking fame, fortune and adventure. We are told how she developed her own love of the sea and sailing and self-reliance. She imparts to her pickled father a tale of how her sailing ship Seamark - bought and paid for by the blood, sweat and tears of her hard work at sea - was stolen from her. She sets about preparing to recover her boat, getting an old schooner seaworthy again, stocking, provisioning - all the while entreating her father to come along. You will love how she convinces him to come along on her adventure. What follows is a breakneck thrill ride involving war and piracy in the (deep) South Pacific, warlords, secret government plots, sea battles, a smart - but vicious - dog, dirty priests, conniving whores...oh, my. It was fun. A worthy summer read.

Salty, adventurous and fun

If you like salty novels and I what I mean by salty is books about the sea and adventure, you can't go wrong with this book. Very well written, the written prose draws you in until all of a sudden you are in an adventure novel that includes betrayal, pirates, godforsaken places and plenty of action. In the beginning Mr. jones obviously researched his nautical knowledge not only of wooden boats but the waters that surround the novels area, albeit fictional in that sense, anyone who knows that area will agree that it is an area that is full of nefarious denizens in real life. This is a great read and I highly recommend this novel.

Good book to test your commitment to finishing a book.

I had a hard time getting drawn in on this.