Many of us 'Road Warriors' know the joys of flying those 'Friendly Skies'. For those of you who prefer to use your own G-IV I say 'Rats' to you. Once in a while those flying 'cattle cars' can bring about a change though. One trip to Hong Kong, ended up as a big change for me, life changing even. Here's what happened:
I owned an old police interceptor, and with it I saved an oil sheik from rolling over in a limo accident. I claimed his reward and life spiraled into something that I'd never have believed.
It was bad enough that Jack Buckman's date for his sister's wedding cancelled at the last minute, but having to escort an older guest in her place was more than he could stand.
From the title, one might think that this is a Biblical story. Wrong!! One connection is that our heroine, Joanie, that's me, practices the oldest profession, the one mentioned in said Bible. Nor is our Whale that Biblical sea creature who swallows a sinner and spits him out when he repents. Here, you might say that Whale and sinner swallow each other.
A Story in the Brother & Sister Love Universe
A brother re-unites with his sister who he had thought long dead. The circumstances force them together until they become closer than they thought they would ever be.
The time is 1959, the place, the Barents Sea in Russia's Arctic. A helicopter takes off from a Soviet Patrol vessel on a routine mission and is never heard of again. This is their story.