A vicious hegemony has descended on charming Isla Mujeres, a tiny island off the coast of Cancun. A gang of Cubans has formed an extortion ring to suck the profits from the shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and bar owners. By what insidious method does the Cuban Mafia control the populace of the Isle of Women?

The murderous Mexican Rafael Zapata offers Rhonda and Morgan Early, and their friend Daisy Bain, one million dollars to defeat the Cubans. The three adventurers travel to Isla Mujeres and attempt to gather information on the gang so they can form a plan of attack. Their efforts are completely stonewalled.

Daisy concocts a scheme to learn about the gang. She fails and is tortured for her efforts. Morgan's impatience with their progress to ascertain the strength of the gang, the location of the headquarters, and the name of the leader backfires.

Rhonda is left to single-handedly save her beloved husband and best friend. Can she summon help among the women of the island? How can she ultimately defeat the cabal of ruthless Cubans who have infested every business on the peaceful island?

Thirteen year-old Daniel McCarty and his family are starving in Ireland at the height of the potato famine. The crop that feeds 60% of the entire population and 100% of the poor has completely failed. Daniel's sister dies and his father is killed in a bar fight. The English landowner evicts Daniel and his mother from the squalid hut. The intrepid lad vows to emigrate to America. The journey is far more arduous than anticipated. The McCartys settle in the dangerous, gang infested, Five Points area of New York. The boy inherits a fishing boat and sails to Norfolk where he becomes involved in the famous sea battle between Merrimack and Congress. In Richmond, Daniel meets Harriett Hampton, daughter of Abner, who deceitfully arranges for the youngster to be conscripted into the Confederate Army as it prepares to march toward Gettysburg. Tragedy strikes the lovers at the end of the war, forcing Daniel to head west. In the cattle town of Abilene, all the characters converge in a smoky shootout that provides a startling conclusion to the action-packed story.

A surprise hurricane sweeps across the small Bahamian island where Warren Early, age fifteen, is spending the summer. He is swept to sea with his dog Conchshell and knocked unconscious. The boy awakens at the secret camp of the famous pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard. Crew members suspect Warren is a spy for hated Governor Rogers and prepare to hang him. Blackbeard intervenes. Marty Read befriends Warren. Together they participate in the capture of a French merchant ship and a hostage plan to extort gold and medicine from the townspeople of Charles Town. The plot fails. Blackbeard is captured. Warren and Marty manage to free their captain and return to Nassau where they meet Calico Jack Rackman and Anne Bonney. The four pirates sail off to the Jamaica and seize a Spanish merchant ship with deadly results. Can Warren ever return to his frantic parents? What is the secret Marty has hidden so cleverly? Will the two friends be able to continue their growing relationship over the span of two hundred years?

A Legacy of Honor is the saga of Morgan Early spanning the first seventy years of the 20th century. Orphaned at birth in 1900, young Morgan hunts his foster mother's killer, battles a mountain lion, a grizzly bear and the puzzling advances of a farmer's daughter. Morgan fights with Pancho Villa in Mexico and the Marines at Belleau Woods. He is a rumrunner during Prohibition and a successful fisherman in Bimini after repeal. Recalled into the Marines in 1942, Morgan lands on the bloody beaches of Tarawa. His heroic life inspires his two sons to join the Marines with tragic results on the island of Iwo Jima and the jungles of Vietnam.

In the first of the Bahamas series, Bahama Snow, Defense Force Commodore Jerome MacArthur's sons are shot to death on Sandy Cay. The drug operation he masterminds is terminated. In Bahama Payback, MacArthur discovers that Florida charter boat captain and former Marine, Morgan Early, is responsible. He swears revenge. Columbian drug lord Victor Torres sends MacArthur a bloody, stomach-churning message that he must immediately re-activate their smuggling operation. Drug Enforcement Agency District Commander Larry Reid is under orders from Washington to eliminate the corrupt MacArthur. When efforts to recruit Morgan Early for the task fail, he enters into a Faustian bargain with the Commodore. Early's beautiful fiance, Rhonda Marcus, is kidnapped to draw Early to the Bahamas. Morgan Early must summon all his nerve and resourcefulness to rescue Rhonda, meet the deadly threat posed by MacArthur, triumph over the treachery of the ambitious DEA District Commander, and thwart the renewed efforts of Victor Torres.

Thirteen year-old Daniel McCarty and his family are starving in Ireland at the height of the potato famine. The crop that feeds 60% of the entire population and 100% of the poor has completely failed. Daniel's sister dies and his father is killed in a bar fight. The English landowner evicts Daniel and his mother from the squalid hut. The intrepid lad vows to emigrate to America. The journey is far more arduous than anticipated. The McCartys settle in the dangerous, gang infested, Five Points area of New York. The boy inherits a fishing boat and sails to Norfolk where he becomes involved in the famous sea battle between Merrimack and Congress. In Richmond, Daniel meets Harriett Hampton, daughter of Abner, who deceitfully arranges for the youngster to be conscripted into the Confederate Army as it prepares to march toward Gettysburg. Tragedy strikes the lovers at the end of the war, forcing Daniel to head west. In the cattle town of Abilene, all the characters converge in a smoky shootout that provides a startling conclusion to the action-packed story.

A surprise hurricane sweeps across the small Bahamian island where Warren Early, age fifteen, is spending the summer. He is swept to sea with his dog Conchshell and knocked unconscious. The boy awakens at the secret camp of the famous pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard. Crew members suspect Warren is a spy for hated Governor Rogers and prepare to hang him. Blackbeard intervenes. Marty Read befriends Warren. Together they participate in the capture of a French merchant ship and a hostage plan to extort gold and medicine from the townspeople of Charles Town. The plot fails. Blackbeard is captured. Warren and Marty manage to free their captain and return to Nassau where they meet Calico Jack Rackman and Anne Bonney. The four pirates sail off to the Jamaica and seize a Spanish merchant ship with deadly results. Can Warren ever return to his frantic parents? What is the secret Marty has hidden so cleverly? Will the two friends be able to continue their growing relationship over the span of two hundred years?

Mariners and dreamers alike will marvel at the thrilling authentic tales of marlin fishing, scuba diving and bonefishing presented in Hank Manley's book.What is it like to catch a 1000 lb. fish? Would you swim into a cave with a 450 lb. bull shark that was supposedly sleeping? Do animals ever display the human qualities of anger, revenge and trust? Could you catch a sailfish on line the thickness of a human hair? Can bonefishing result in broken bones?For more than 40 years, Hank and his wife Gretchen have traveled the waters of the Caribbean, the Bahamas and the Pacific in their boat Escapade. Enjoy some of their most memorable moments in Tales of a Life Upon the Sea.

A vicious hegemony has descended on charming Isla Mujeres, a tiny island off the coast of Cancun. A gang of Cubans has formed an extortion ring to suck the profits from the shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and bar owners. By what insidious method does the Cuban Mafia control the populace of the Isle of Women?

The murderous Mexican Rafael Zapata offers Rhonda and Morgan Early, and their friend Daisy Bain, one million dollars to defeat the Cubans. The three adventurers travel to Isla Mujeres and attempt to gather information on the gang so they can form a plan of attack. Their efforts are completely stonewalled.

Daisy concocts a scheme to learn about the gang. She fails and is tortured for her efforts. Morgan's impatience with their progress to ascertain the strength of the gang, the location of the headquarters, and the name of the leader backfires.

Rhonda is left to single-handedly save her beloved husband and best friend. Can she summon help among the women of the island? How can she ultimately defeat the cabal of ruthless Cubans who have infested every business on the peaceful island?

A Legacy of Honor is the saga of Morgan Early spanning the first seventy years of the 20th century. Orphaned at birth in 1900, young Morgan hunts his foster mother's killer, battles a mountain lion, a grizzly bear and the puzzling advances of a farmer's daughter. Morgan fights with Pancho Villa in Mexico and the Marines at Belleau Woods. He is a rumrunner during Prohibition and a successful fisherman in Bimini after repeal. Recalled into the Marines in 1942, Morgan lands on the bloody beaches of Tarawa. His heroic life inspires his two sons to join the Marines with tragic results on the island of Iwo Jima and the jungles of Vietnam.

In the first of the Bahamas series, Bahama Snow, Defense Force Commodore Jerome MacArthur's sons are shot to death on Sandy Cay. The drug operation he masterminds is terminated. In Bahama Payback, MacArthur discovers that Florida charter boat captain and former Marine, Morgan Early, is responsible. He swears revenge. Columbian drug lord Victor Torres sends MacArthur a bloody, stomach-churning message that he must immediately re-activate their smuggling operation. Drug Enforcement Agency District Commander Larry Reid is under orders from Washington to eliminate the corrupt MacArthur. When efforts to recruit Morgan Early for the task fail, he enters into a Faustian bargain with the Commodore. Early's beautiful fiance, Rhonda Marcus, is kidnapped to draw Early to the Bahamas. Morgan Early must summon all his nerve and resourcefulness to rescue Rhonda, meet the deadly threat posed by MacArthur, triumph over the treachery of the ambitious DEA District Commander, and thwart the renewed efforts of Victor Torres.