Bob Holt is an award-winning author, storyteller, sailboat skipper, and guitar picker living in the Texas Hill Country. He graduated from Texas Tech University and had a multi-decade business career in New York City. He has spent many winters on his boat sailing the Caribbean, especially the American and British Virgin Islands. His first book, Cowboy, was selected First in Category for the 2019 CIBA’s Somerset Award for Literary and Contemporary Fiction. Firebird is his second novel.
FIREBIRD
by Bob Holt
FIREBIRD
by Bob Holt
Published Aug 15, 2020
332 Pages
Genre: FICTION / Literary
Book Details
An abandoned sailing yacht in the Caribbean brings together three unanchored souls, drifting through life without hope and purpose.
Firebird was constructed by a wealthy industrialist who dreamed of sailing the world. Years later, the old ketch is about to be scuttled when Sam Berrenger rescues it, hoping for a new start to his own dead-end life. As layers of rust and decay are stripped away, Firebird’s tragic history is revealed.
“You don’t have to be a sailor, or know anything about sailboats, to be swept away by Firebird.”
—William(Bing) Bingham, Screen Writer of John McCain’s Faith of My Fathers and Song Writer/Recording Artist
“Bob Holt is a master of dialogue, and of succulent detail, in this story of love and danger in the enchanting Caribbean. The juxtaposition of beauty and evil could not be better done.”
—Ann Seaman, Best Selling Author of Americas Most Hated Woman and Swaggart
“Great story. The sailing description captures what it’s like to be on a large yacht, and the captain is the real thing. There are many potential “Firebirds” in the Caribbean. This novel will inspire you to follow your dreams.”
—Captain Scott Self, Winner 2005 Trans Pac Trophies and National Sailing Championships
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