The following is the introduction to a novel I wrote; Frederic. I wrote it a couple years ago and have recently completed the daunting process of finding a publisher. Finally, Frederic is almost ready for publication. It's going through final edit and withing the next 2-3 weeks, I will receive the proposed final copy. Once approved, it's off to graphics, design and print. The novel should be available early this Summer. It's an action-adventure story with a little suspense, drama and humor. Actually, it's a love-story.
Frederic Introduction
Hurricane Frederic formed in the Atlantic Ocean on August twenty-ninth, 1979;
strengthened to Hurricane status and was eventually downgraded to a Tropical
Depression over Cuba. The storm unexpectedly reorganized in the Gulf of Mexico
and set a course for the Northern Gulf Coast of the United States. Never
faltering or wavering, the massive hurricane stormed the Alabama coastline and
unleashed a furious assault never before seen in Mobile, Alabama, on September
twelfth.
In a historic pounding of wind, tornadoes, rain and flying debris lasting an entire night,
Frederic reached recorded winds of at least 135 miles per hour. Catastrophic
flooding, beach erosion, destroyed homes and hundreds of uprooted trees were
among a few of the ways the massive hurricane unleashed millions of dollars
worth of destruction on the historic southern town. Hurricane Frederic was the
sixth named tropical cyclone; the third hurricane and the second major
hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic Season. He reached Category Four status (131-155
mph) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane Frederic is still
considered one of the most devastating and powerful tropical cyclones to strike
the Gulf Coast.
With Hurricane Frederic as a backdrop, this is the story of five fictional families living in
historic Midtown Mobile who experience the transforming power of a storm; turning
tragedy into triumph. Any resemblance to actual people or events is coincidental.
The strength of an anchor is only discovered during a storm.
