Welcome To Hunt of the Sea Wolves
I'm John Chadwell and I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to my blog. I'm new at this, so it may take some time to get things rolling. The purpose of this blog is two fold. The first is a bit self serving and that is to promote my novel "Hunt of the Sea Wolves," as well as the screenplay of the same name. I've gone this route because as many new writers discover very quickly, it is extremely difficult to get published.
The second reason for the blog, while definitely related to the first reason, is also meant to educate folks about modern-day pirates, who are, in fact, often terrorists that are busily hijacking ships around the world to finance their activities.
On average, 300-400 ships are attacked every year. The pirates often plunder the cargoes, rob the crews and have killed or set them adrift on the high seas. The ships are sometimes taken to ports in Viet Nam or China where the cargoes are sold, the ships are renamed (transforming them into what are known as ghost ships) and sailed to ports where unsuspecting manufacturers and shippers will load their wares aboard the ships only to have them and the cargoes disappear yet again.
There is one type of ship that anti-terrorist organizations and pirates alike have their eyes on. These are gigantic LNG (liquefied natural gas). Some are as long as three football fields and carry over 30 million gallons of fuel, with an explosive power of more than 50 atomic bombs used to defeat Japan during World War II.
The premise of "Hunt of the Sea Wolves" is that a determined band of terrorists do succeed in hijacking not one, but two LNG ships for the purpose of using them as weapons of mass destruction.
The novel and screenplay, to paraphrase a line from television, are not ripped from the headlines, but may one day be the headlines. So, as this blog grows and expands, I hope to pique your interest in the book by supporting the premise with news and bits of information from around the world to support the story.
I hope to make the novel available here either in part or total, depending on how successful I am in adapting to this new mode of communication, for me. I welcome comments and any information you may have on modern-day pirates/terrorists and their plots to use ships against their enemies.
The second reason for the blog, while definitely related to the first reason, is also meant to educate folks about modern-day pirates, who are, in fact, often terrorists that are busily hijacking ships around the world to finance their activities.
On average, 300-400 ships are attacked every year. The pirates often plunder the cargoes, rob the crews and have killed or set them adrift on the high seas. The ships are sometimes taken to ports in Viet Nam or China where the cargoes are sold, the ships are renamed (transforming them into what are known as ghost ships) and sailed to ports where unsuspecting manufacturers and shippers will load their wares aboard the ships only to have them and the cargoes disappear yet again.
There is one type of ship that anti-terrorist organizations and pirates alike have their eyes on. These are gigantic LNG (liquefied natural gas). Some are as long as three football fields and carry over 30 million gallons of fuel, with an explosive power of more than 50 atomic bombs used to defeat Japan during World War II.
The premise of "Hunt of the Sea Wolves" is that a determined band of terrorists do succeed in hijacking not one, but two LNG ships for the purpose of using them as weapons of mass destruction.
The novel and screenplay, to paraphrase a line from television, are not ripped from the headlines, but may one day be the headlines. So, as this blog grows and expands, I hope to pique your interest in the book by supporting the premise with news and bits of information from around the world to support the story.
I hope to make the novel available here either in part or total, depending on how successful I am in adapting to this new mode of communication, for me. I welcome comments and any information you may have on modern-day pirates/terrorists and their plots to use ships against their enemies.
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