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Born in Dallas,Texas and lived several places all of which have added flavor to my life. I am a retired U.S. expat living in Trinidad and Tobago after over 30 years in large construction projects, once divorced and re-married. I have traveled quite a bit and even lived aboard a boat for a few years and lived for some time in Maui and Kauai while working on projects there, love living on an island and at one time was looking to retire and cruise around the world on a sailboat. My first book was part of a series writing as Rory Tillitson, I began with the second part of the series that I have been working on for several years and wanted to share some of my views of life and the sea. Episode One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six of Susurrus are published, I've also written Shadowfox and am currently writing the sequel to that work.
Reviewed by Janelle Fila for Readers' Favorite
I really liked the concept of Susurrus Episode Two (A Necessary Journey) by Rory Tillitson. What isn't to love about the idea of a computer controlled boat? Throw in the fact that there is a beautiful, mysterious woman who needs to get out of town quickly and quietly, and you have the makings for a great adventure novel! This premise reminded me of some of the greats like Clive Cussler.
I love the setting of the boat and the sea and the islands. Again, what a cool place to set a story and a really interesting topic to read about. I enjoyed all of the information I was able to learn about boats, sailing, island hopping, and spending time on the ocean from this story. A lot of the dialogue on the boat between the computer and the chats were well done, too.
I enjoyed the romance in the story as well. Some people might think it is a little clichéd having the damsel in distress rescued by the hunky main character (who is just as brilliant as he is dashing), but again, I think that is a great recipe for an awesome adventure novel. Dirk Pitt always got the girl (and it was a different girl in every Clive Cussler novel) and let's not even mention James Bond. I felt having the romance element kind of broke up some of the seriousness of the computer and boating explanations and helped pull me back into the story.
