Ergebnis für "Just" in Abenteuer auf See

Hetta Coffey is a woman with a yacht, and she's not afraid to use it! As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant of oddball (read: shady) projects, she has a way of attracting trouble. With her floating home dry docked for repairs in Mexico, Hetta needs a place to live and a job to pay for boat repairs. Landing a project at a mining operation not far from her boat, Hetta finds herself on the tumultuous Arizona/Mexico border, where all hell is breaking loose even before she gets there.

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it - most of the time. She's an intrepid cruiser, but wild rumors of marauding gangs of flesh-shredding giant Humboldt squid on a rampage in the Sea of Cortez could keep even Hetta tied to an expensive dock. However, when the opportunity for an intriguing and highly lucrative charter arises she talks her best friend, Jan, into signing on for a mysterious cruise. Damn the calamari! Full bank account ahead!

Frank Giles, a world-weary Key West Conch, has gotten on in his years and doesn't like it one bit. Nothing seems to matter anymore. He's lost all hope for what little future he might have left. But then, when he revisits the favorite fishing spot of his youth one morning, all that changes. From atop the Shark Key Bridge, Frank hooks an enormous fish. And during the titanic tug-of-war that ensues, the old man learns new lessons about defeat, triumph, courage, and the will to go on.