Two stories are contained within Storming... 'Ho to Kill' and 'Slippery Ish Slips Away'. In both stories, the sea is the only escape. And in both stories, the protagonist is not much of a sailor. Unlike my most well-known book, Assault on Lake Casitas, this newest book is complete and total fiction. Make no mistake, Storming has an edge to it. If you like books with an edge, I think you'll enjoy Storming on the Deep Blue Sea.

DEMON BEAN is about a very determined woman, Fiona Brooks, who fights like hell to keep Starbucks from taking root in her little town of Pacific Palisades, California. Does Fiona succeed? Read and find out.

Back in February, 1986, I signed on to sail in the America's Cup. I was a lowly 'grinder, ' the guy who does most of the work while being yelled at by the other crewmen. FUN Actually it was a fun for the most part. And hard work. And miserable at times. And scary quite a few times, when the wind was raging off the Golden Gate Bridge. I was a part of the St. Francis Yacht Club syndicate - our 12-meter was called the USA. We had a wildman for a skipper, Tom Blackaller - 'Blacky' we called him. He was a kooky character to say the least. The America's Cup back then was contested in Fremantle, Australia, where the wind would come screaming across the Indian Ocean, right into our faces. Exciting times off the coast of Western Australia. 'Confessions' is a first-person, truthful account of what it was like to be a part of a crazy endeavor, as a worker ant, 'before the mast' as the saying goes. Hope you like it, Brad Alan Lewi

Of the five really exciting, cool, wild, important things to do on this planet, hiking the John Muir Trail is at the absolute top of the list. Give 'Walking Towards Thunder' a read and hopefully it'll light your adventure-fire and I'll see you on the trail next summer.