Saltwater

Twenty-six-year-old Jimmy Brennan's life has taken a turn for the worse, and he's desperate to numb the pain. When his mother dies and his girlfriend betrays him, it's the final straw, he boards a plane bound for Bali. But Jimmy's demons chase him. Sickened by the tourists and the crowded surf spots, he escapes north up the archipelago, driven by a desire for solitude and possessed by a reckless, self-destructive urge. When he's offered the opportunity to visit and surf the forbidden island of North Sentinel, home of a forgotten tribe who have violently rejected outside contact for centuries, Jimmy takes it. He finds his perfect wave, but it's a decision that will have deadly consequences.

"The tension builds like a looming closeout set at Mullaghmore." Luke Kennedy, editor, Tracks magazine Half a world from home, Sam falls under the spell of both the wild west coast of Ireland and the free-spirited and charismatic Anto. He quits his travels, and opts to stay in Bundoran, home of the best surf in the country. But Sam has run out of money, and when Anto offers easy cash to pick up the offshore shipments of cocaine for a brutal Dublin criminal gang, he can't resist the temptation. When Sam makes an error of judgement, he sets in motion a series of events which spiral out of control, and he's caught in the middle. "Gritty and intense" Author Tom E. Moffatt "Hold on!" Bajapalm "Gripping and completely immersive" Justin Moor