We can certainly tell a tale or two here at t.ward shipping, but although we have always thought that the shipping industry is fascinating, it’s not the sort of industry that we imagined being a setting for a suspense novel! All that has changed since we found out about the latest novel by Matthew McCleery, though.
Matthew, who knows his subject extremely well as he is also president of Marine Money International, which publishes Marine Money magazine and other ship finance publications, has written the exciting sounding Viking Raid: A Robert Fairchild Novel. The book tells the tale of ex-hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild and a Norwegian shipping tycoon as they attempt a $500 million initial public offering "but end up wedged between an American shale gas wildcatter and the energy-hungry People's Republic of China."
If that – ahem – floats your boat, then you’ll also be pleased to hear that Viking Raid isn’t McCleery’s first shipping industry themed novel. His first foray into the world of shipping fiction was called ‘The Shipping Man’ and this story explored the complex and potentially problematic connections between Wall Street and the maritime world. It did well; Forbes gave the book a good review and it garnered praise from some influential shipping industry executives. Both books are available through Amazon.
Matthew McCleery isn’t the only fiction writer who has gained inspiration from the world of shipping, either. Back in 2012, CNBC.com Managing Editor Allen R. Wastler, who covered the maritime industry for The Journal of Commerce for many years, self-published a novel called “Cargo Kills.”
The novel, which is available for download on Amazon.com sounds intriguing, that’s for sure; "Dark docks, gritty shipyards, diesel-stained trains and trucks ... cargo is a dirty business ... and a deadly business. When ocean liners mysteriously sink and a dead body floats up under a cargo pier, a young reporter finds the story of his life. Problem is, can he keep his life long enough to tell it?"
Perhaps we’re looking at a completely new genre here? You read it here first…
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