The Hobyo Affair - Paperback

by Dick Jacobsen (Author)

The main character, John Wingate, is the wealthy CEO of a major shipping company, who's work schedule has denied him a normal family life. He has filled the void with numerous relationships with beautiful women of similar lifestyle, living around the world he travels constantly. He has a chance encounter with Carrie Latham, a young, struggling, single mother on his regular jogging trail and becomes involved with her little daughter who has terminal cancer. He becomes so close to them that, after the childs death, he adopts Carrie and introduces her to his lavish world. She eventually marries JT Wingate, John's nephew and COO, and on their honeymoon are taken hostage by Somalian Pirates while on a cruise aboard a company ship. This takes us through the first 19 chapters on the book. The remainder of the book, the next 26 chapters, is about John's efforts to develop and execute a plan to rescue JT and Carrie using retired US Navy Seals.

Author Biography

About the Author - Dick Jacobsen He graduated from San Jose University with a major in Civil Engineering and a minor in English literature. In 1980 he took six months off in Mijas, Spain to follow a dream to write. He got halfway through the book and all the way through his budget and decided to go back to building major world construction projects. Two years ago he completed his first novel, "The Chabahar Incident" and has now completed his second effort, "The Hobyo Affair", the second in a trilogy. He resides with his wife of 37 years in Redding, CA.