The Cutter Kauai Sea Adventures follow the crew of the USCGC Kauai, a small Coast Guard cutter upgraded for sensitive missions in Florida, The Bahamas, and the wider Caribbean. These contemporary maritime thrillers strive for verisimilitude—accurate procedures, plausible missions, and the rhythms of real shipboard life.
Told in close third person (deep POV), each scene anchors you inside a specific character’s experience: junior officers on watch, chiefs on deck, intel specialists in the shadows, and civilians pulled into the line of fire. Instead of hovering above the action, the narration stays tight to their perceptions and thoughts, so you see what they see, feel what they feel, and face the same split‑second choices they do.
The result is a series that blends the tension of a technothriller with the emotional immediacy of character‑driven fiction—stories that aim to feel as if they could be tomorrow’s headlines, told from inside the minds of the people who would have to respond.
Step into the minds of the Kauai’s crew. See what they see, feel what they fear, and ride every covert op to its breaking point. Experience the mission. Navigate the danger. Make the calls that decide who comes home.
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Dagger Quest
An aging Coast Guard cutter is all that stands between the world and nuclear war.
As NATO and Russia edge toward open conflict in Europe, a Russian bomber collides with a U.S. fighter off Florida, triggering the accidental launch of a nuclear‑tipped hypersonic missile. Everyone assumes it fell harmlessly into the Gulf of Mexico—until the Kauai, on routine patrol, finds a smashed, drug‑laden sailboat in the Florida Keys whose damage tells another story.
The missile came down in the Keys. And someone else may already be hunting for it.
Drawn into a race against a vicious international crime syndicate, the Kauai’s crew must find the missing warhead before its discovery triggers the war everyone fears. Fast‑paced and grounded in authentic Coast Guard detail, Dagger Quest launches the Cutter Kauai Sea Adventures with a high‑stakes maritime mission that tests every bond aboard the ship.
Self-Publishing Review
Caribbean Counterstrike
The deadliest nerve agent ever made has fallen into the hands of a brutal Caribbean drug cult. Hidden in a secret lab aboard an oil servicing ship seized during a violent turf war, the weapon could slaughter thousands if it’s ever released.
Airstrikes are off the table. Instead, Coast Guard Lieutenant Ben Wyporek and the crew of the Kauai are ordered to slip into hostile waters, infiltrate a fortified island controlled by the Salinas Cartel, and tow the captured ship—and its cargo of nerve gas—out from under their noses before the 252 Syndicate can reclaim it. If they’re detected, the mission could ignite a regional war—or end in mass death by gas.
Ben knows all too well what the 252s are capable of, and every decision he makes could doom his crew or destroy his chance of a future with DIA analyst Victoria Carpenter. Caribbean Counterstrike raises the stakes with covert action, nerve‑shredding seamanship, and a slow‑burn love story threaded through the gunfire.
Self-Publishing Review
Bravely and Faithfully
Freshly promoted Lieutenant Haley Reardon hasn’t even found her sea legs on her first patrol command when the Kauai is tasked with a high‑risk covert assignment. Under cover of routine operations, Haley and her crew must insert a DIA team onto a small Caribbean island controlled by a front company of the Chinese government and guarded by a superior military force.
Their job is simple on paper: get the operatives in, then get them—and their criminal target—out.
When the operation goes sideways and the extraction falls apart, Haley faces an impossible dilemma. Leaving the team behind may be the only way to keep her crew alive. Going back for them could destroy her ship and spark a conflict far beyond the Caribbean. Bravely and Faithfully brings a new skipper to the helm while preserving the humor, friendships, and teamwork that define the Kauai’s crew.
★★★★½ - The Independent Review of Books
Indies Inferno
The Kauai is assigned to a straightforward job—on paper. She’ll provide cover and transport for a volcanology survey on the island of Saint Ignatius while quietly shielding a deeper DIA operation in the region. To the outside world, Ben Wyporek’s crew are just Coast Guardsmen watching a sleepy mountain.
The mountain doesn’t stay sleepy. As volcanic activity spikes and evacuation plans begin to crack, the “cover story” turns into the one crisis no one can ignore. When Saint Ignatius erupts, evacuees are scattered and survivors are stranded in the path of fire and ash. With fuel low and orders pulling them the other way, the Kauai’s crew must choose between the safety of their ship and the lives of people who were never supposed to be their problem.
From foiling an eco‑terrorist attack on an oil tanker to rescuing dozens from a burning dive boat, Indies Inferno delivers explosive action, layered relationships, and a desperate fight to outrun a dying island.
The Independent Review of Books
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Miami"
Prequel Novelette – Ben’s First Adventure
In this prequel, young Lieutenant Junior Grade Ben Wyporek receives short‑notice orders to his dream job—executive officer of a Coast Guard patrol boat in the high‑tempo waters of South Florida. En route in a winter storm, he faces a brutal test of judgment and courage when he encounters a young family in distress.
"Choices
A Coast Guard Rescue Story"
Short Story – Shelley Lee’s Choice
Boatswain’s Mate Third Class Shelley Lee has always wanted to be on the front line of a search and rescue. When the call finally comes, she’s ready—until an impossible situation forces her to decide who lives and who dies. Set in the Channel Islands off Southern California, this stand‑alone story offers a powerful glimpse into the moral weight of Coast Guard work.
