Description:
Blake's dodging the Feds in paradise, but paradise has other ideas, and rookie divemasters stick out like a reef at low tide.
Brief description: Armed with a newly-minted master's degree in creative writing, former journalist Tim W. Jackson knew he was qualified to be a bartender, a waiter, or to apply to a PhD program. Instead he chose Secret Option D: run off to the Caribbean to work as a scuba instructor by day and write fiction at night. More than a decade later, he still wishes that was half as interesting as it sounds. Or even a quarter . . . Jackson is the award-winning author of the literary novel Mangrove Underground and The Blacktip Times humor blog. His second novel, Blacktip Island, a comic misadventure set in the Caribbean, is due out September 10. His "Tales From Blacktip Island" short stories have been published in literary journals worldwide. He is currently concocting his next Blacktip Island novel, The Secret of Rosalita Flats. For more insider info, visit his website, www.timwjackson.com, the Blacktip Times (www.blacktipisland.com) or follow him on Facebook (Tim W. Jackson) and Twitter (@timwjax).
Review Quotes:
Blacktip Island is fun and funny, its characters vivid. Take your time and dive into this adventurous story." - Portland Book Review
"Another winner from Tim W. Jackson! Protagonist Blake Calloway is in way over his head in this humorous adventure in paradise. Blacktip Island rocks!" - Award winner Kathy Brandt, author of Swimming with the Dead
"Five Stars. Blacktip Island will make you laugh and keep you guessing. The storyline gets readers hooked, and the characters add laughter, suspense, romance and everything in between to take this book to another level." - San Francisco Book Review
"Beautifully written with a thriller-like pace, Blacktip Island will keep you guessing 'til the very end." - Bonnie J. Cardone, author of the Cinnamon Greene Adventure Mysteries
"Jackson has a strong voice that makes for an entertaining read from beginning to end. The characters are well crafted and bold. Blacktip Island is a fun adventure, with a motley crew that can easily become addictive." - IndieReader
"Blacktip Island is a fascinating, well-written story . . . with a hero attempting to avoid detection, eco-terrorists trying to stop construction of a new airport, a beautiful bartender keeping her own secrets, and hunts for pirate treasure each overlapping the other. But the story is less driven by the plot than by the characters and the idyllic setting . . . which makes good fiction." - David K. McDonnell for Reader Views
"Ever wonder what's going on behind the scenes at your favorite dive resort? Thanks to Blacktip Island, we now may know, and it's way more entertaining than you could have ever imagined. Two fins up!" - Greg "The Divemaster" Holt, Scuba Radio
"A good read that will keep you turning pages!" - Jerry Beaty, Associate Publisher, Dive Training Magazine