'Shit!' he swore again as he spun the wheel in a desperate attempt to shear away from the pitching seiner that rolled, lightless, in the storm beside him.Īt first it was a bit difficult to get into the story, but soon enough it became interesting. Matt staggered, his hand tightening on the wheel as his 58' foot seine boat rebounded away with a bone-crushing jolt. Matt's reaction came too late, and Fairweather pitched up, smashing broadside into the boat that had loomed, suddenly, off her starboard beam. Unsecured objects slid recklessly through the wheelhouse and the main cabin below. Angry, slate grey water topped with white roared over the bow and Matt braced himself against the con as Fairweather slammed bow-first into a trough. Matt's brown eyes grew wide, his heart raced as her superstructure groaned under the strain of the sudden change of course. Spray and rain washed across the wheelhouse windows as the seine boat shuddered across crests and troughs. 'Son of a bitch! Nathan! What are you doin'!' Matt pulled wildly at Fairweather's throttle and cut her wheel hard to port. September 2006 Aboard Fairweather off the coast of Southeast Alaska One among the seven men aboard “The Case In Point” is unwittingly marked by a woman beautiful and cursed, who not only desperately needs his help, but needs, desperately, to tear out his heart and consume his crew.

The forgotten horror surrounding the 1835 loss of the Nantucket whaler “The Covenant” threatens to overwhelm the present. As the web spins from the depths, the past is not so distant the lines between history and myth begin to blur. As the herring war intensifies, each boat is an island, and being alone can cost you everything. There’s an old saying that goes: The difference between a fairy tale and a fisherman’s tale is this… a fairy tale begins, “Once Upon A Time,” and a fisherman’s tale begins, “This Ain’t No Bullshit.” Supernatural terror stalks the crew of the purse seiner the F/V “The Case In Point” during the March 2010 Sitka Herring Sac Roe Fishery in Southeast Alaska. In the end it's the difference between a fairy tale and a fisherman's tale. Read it if it sounds interesting after reading this review. Reason for reading: I won it through Librarything Early Reviewers. Topic of the book: (competitive) fishing in Alaska, horror at sea

Year published: original 2012, my edition 2013 Title: The fishing widow (on Librarything)

This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.(I took care to give no obvious spoilers about the story)

The Fishing Widow by Amy K. Marshall