Second Wind
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.43 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423338251 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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For TV meteorologist Perry Stuart, however, such predictions are generally hypothetical, as he chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle, with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow. The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waves thirty feet high and blow through houses at devastating speeds. Dick Francis "has simply never failed. But a frightening accident teaches Stuart more secrets than wind speeds, and back home in England he faces threats and danger as deadly as anything nature can evolve. Not, that is, until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small airplane as a holiday diversion. Every one of his opening sentences pulls the reader in, and doesn't let go until the last, perfect word," according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.. Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm
The very opening of Second Wind signals something new, with Francis's protagonist, meteorologist Perry Stuart, fighting for his life as he flies through the eye of storm on Trox Island, a blighted place steeped in guano and harboring a nasty secret. "But now, as near dead as dammit, I tumbled like a rag-doll piece of flotsam in towering gale-driven seas that sucked unimaginable tons of water from the deeps ." When the reader encountered details of the racing world in Francis's earlier thrillers such as Whip Hand and Reflex, they had the satisfying ring of authenticity. Perhaps despondency was better. The same is true in Second Wind--Stuart's character was developed with the help of BBC weatherman John Kettley. Although this is a new venue for Francis, he still has a knack for quickening the reader's pulse with a few carefully chosen words: "Despair was too strong a wor
but the story line was plodding and dull and I literally did not care about any of Not up to Dick Francis standards. I don't know what happened, but the story line was plodding and dull and I literally did not care about any of the characters at all. This one finished dead last. On top of that, the Kindle edition was rife with errors; misplaced periods and typos made this a difficult and disjointed read. Such a disappointment.. Stormy weather Dick Francis hero-narrators always exhibit an appealing competence at whatever job they do. In this case the hero, Perry Stuart, is a meteorologist and physicist who presents forecasts for the BBC. He doesn't just read a script but analyzes complex weather data himself to make predictions.Of course there has to be a racing connection, and there is. Racehorse trainers often consult Perry on impending weather that might effect underfoot conditions for their hopefuls.A manic-depressive friend invites Perry to fly with him through the eye of a hur. "Reading some old favorites again!" according to Virginia Hewson. I have read tthe Dick Francis books several times over, since I first found them backin the 1980's. Whenever I hit a slump where I lose interest in reading, re-reading hisbook jump starts my interest again. I have read one or two a day for the last coupleof weeks. I truly don't remember much sexual content, which I don't enjoy in books.But I love re-connecting with his characters and learning all about flying, or the winebusiness, etc.