Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 17:55:16 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:55:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f1118950fac1d159b99c8cd7b96dd96a"; logging-data="2561411"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ZGd7sQp1NqDKU4jIQemOVZ6nTVn51rWQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:X320KueT4XfTXTGsAtkzV0zv2Jc= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2501 "Castigo Cay" by Matthew Bracken https://www.amazon.com/Castigo-Cay-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831045/ Book number one of a three book post financial apocalypse thriller series. I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Steelcutter Publishing in 2011 that I bought new on Amazon in 2015. I have ordered books two and three in the series. In the not so distant future, the USA Dollar has lost most of its value and annual inflation is running 20% per year. Gasoline is $60 per gallon and rationed at 10 gallons per week, so is electricity. Food and housing are comparatively expensive. The taxes have gone up including new personal healthcare taxes and such. Many people have left the USA looking for cheaper places to live. Dan Kilmer is a former US Marine with a failed shot at college. He joined his uncle restoring an old 60 foot long (20 meter) twin masted steel schooner down in Florida. As they got close to the end of the immense project, his uncle fell off a ladder and subsequently passed away. Dan inherited the "Rebel Yell" from his uncle and finished the project, launching the ship and moved to the Bahamas. He makes money by running small cargoes and helping salvage operations. Dan Kilmer's Venezuelan girlfriend needs to go to Miami. Dan can't take her since he owes the IRS money. So she jumps ship to a ship supposedly heading for Miami, but is the ship really headed to Miami? My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,383 reviews) Lynn