Ye Ole 80

The '80' is an eighty-foot reconverted yacht leased by the U.S. Coast Guard to patrol an area in the Gulf of Mexico. The main characters are Chief Petty Officer Charles Denton, his girlfriend Gloria, and four German saboteurs. Denton is a traitorous mercenary. He forges a plan to rendezvous with a German sub and switch his unsuspecting American crew with Germans. The '80' has access to restricted areas along the Texas Gulf Coast and the plan is to destroy dozens of huge storage tanks containing millions of gallons of crude oil. Denton is also a deep-rooted Hedonist. During the attending lulls he takes his bogus crew to places ranging from a Texas roadhouse to a boisterous Mexican bistro. Despite their risk-laden meanderings, their mission is a success. The saboteurs return to Germany in the same sub that brought them. To cover his tracks, Denton joins them and assumes his new role as a war prisoner. Soon after, a substantial Swiss bank deposit is made, under a pseudonym, for his contribution to the German war effort. Three years pass. It's May 8, 1945.victory in Europe but not for the millions of homeless with no place to go. Three of Denton's former German crew members manage to stay together and after months of wandering aimlessly throughout Germany decide to return to the United States with forged passports. Denton, too, is liberated from his pre-arranged confinement and returns stateside. As the only survivor of the '80' (the original crew were executed on the sub), Denton must face a Naval Board of Inquiry. Every facet of his story has been well thought-out and convincing enough to be exempt from any wrong doing. He is slated for a new assignment but during his physical, he failsto pass the eye exam and is given a medical discharge. Denton returns to Port Aransas and finds that the owner of the '80' is selling his yacht at a bargain price. Denton buys it not only to make it his home but to use it as a competitive tool to court Gloria. The good liReynolds, Steve Peter is the author of 'Ye Ole 80' with ISBN 9781418423421 and ISBN 1418423424.