It's a story that remained untold for fifty-two years. But now, author William Sneed reveals a tale he and his friends, Albert and NoNo, had sworn to tell no one. "Naked Run to Morning," the title feature in this collection, narrates an action-packed adventure that occurred in the summer of 1956 in League City, Texas. What started as a simple camping trip between three teenage boys turns to chaos as the night is interrupted by a chance encounter with an escaped convict. The boys face the most challenging and dangerous event of their lives.

"Naked Run to Morning" includes five additional short stories filled with action, adventure, and humor. In "Red, Right, Returning," a twelve-year-old boy escapes from his stepfather's island near Galveston, Texas. In a small row boat, he crosses a busy shipping lane in shark-infested waters in thick fog with his beagle, Woody. In the humorous selection, "Merchant Navy in the Head," a merchant mariner and a Navy man, both drunk, get into a scuffle in the ship's head.

A unique collection of both fiction and nonfiction stories, "Naked Run to Morning" provides tales of adventure while exploring the themes of courage, faith, and destiny.

AUTHOR BIO
William Sneed is retired from service in the United States Navy. He and his wife Charlotte, "Tootie," have been married for forty years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They enjoy traveling in their motor home with their Rottweilers. They live in East Texas. Visit Sneed online at: www.writerbillusn.com.

Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser, Keith is counting on an easy voyage to the United States from the Philippines. When fate intervenes, he is reassigned to an old World War II destroyer, the USS "Biscay," to ensure its safe return to the States.

As he boards the vintage destroyer, alarms sound in Keith's head, alerting him that something is amiss. His instincts are right: the captain asks him to secure proof that the ship is being used to smuggle drugs. Keith and Kris Palmer, a woman with whom Keith shares an undeniable chemistry, set out to uncover the smuggling operation.

Unfortunately for the pair, the drug ring leader vows to stop at nothing, even murder, to get his cache stateside.

As Keith, Kris, and the smugglers' paths intersect, a violent storm sends them plummeting into the cold dark waters of the Pacific. Not even the ship's mascot, a loyal beagle, can save them now.

This action-packed novel with a compelling spiritual message about courage, faith, and destiny will both entertain and inspire.

It's a story that remained untold for fifty-two years. But now, author William Sneed reveals a tale he and his friends, Albert and NoNo, had sworn to tell no one. "Naked Run to Morning," the title feature in this collection, narrates an action-packed adventure that occurred in the summer of 1956 in League City, Texas. What started as a simple camping trip between three teenage boys turns to chaos as the night is interrupted by a chance encounter with an escaped convict. The boys face the most challenging and dangerous event of their lives.

"Naked Run to Morning" includes five additional short stories filled with action, adventure, and humor. In "Red, Right, Returning," a twelve-year-old boy escapes from his stepfather's island near Galveston, Texas. In a small row boat, he crosses a busy shipping lane in shark-infested waters in thick fog with his beagle, Woody. In the humorous selection, "Merchant Navy in the Head," a merchant mariner and a Navy man, both drunk, get into a scuffle in the ship's head.

A unique collection of both fiction and nonfiction stories, "Naked Run to Morning" provides tales of adventure while exploring the themes of courage, faith, and destiny.

AUTHOR BIO
William Sneed is retired from service in the United States Navy. He and his wife Charlotte, "Tootie," have been married for forty years and have three children and seven grandchildren. They enjoy traveling in their motor home with their Rottweilers. They live in East Texas. Visit Sneed online at: www.writerbillusn.com.

Chief Boiler Technician Phillip Keith is just three weeks short of his much-anticipated retirement. Spoiled by his post with a modern class cruiser, Keith is counting on an easy voyage to the United States from the Philippines. When fate intervenes, he is reassigned to an old World War II destroyer, the USS "Biscay," to ensure its safe return to the States.

As he boards the vintage destroyer, alarms sound in Keith's head, alerting him that something is amiss. His instincts are right: the captain asks him to secure proof that the ship is being used to smuggle drugs. Keith and Kris Palmer, a woman with whom Keith shares an undeniable chemistry, set out to uncover the smuggling operation.

Unfortunately for the pair, the drug ring leader vows to stop at nothing, even murder, to get his cache stateside.

As Keith, Kris, and the smugglers' paths intersect, a violent storm sends them plummeting into the cold dark waters of the Pacific. Not even the ship's mascot, a loyal beagle, can save them now.

This action-packed novel with a compelling spiritual message about courage, faith, and destiny will both entertain and inspire.