Offshore

by Don Corace

A corporate raider will stop at nothing to exact revenge and destroy a Houston oil family dynasty. Don Coraces first thriller is a page-turner with forbidden romance, corporate greed, and murder -- a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976042606
• ISBN13: 9780976042600
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Emerald Ink Publishing
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Gripping action in Gulf of Mexico

Reviewer: R. G. Burke in Houston Don Corace's debut novel Offshore is a stunning tale of personal challenge. Family patriarch D. L. Drummond is ailing and aging fast. His son Clay must take over to rescue a Houston drilling and exploration company or else lose the business to a corporate raider. How this is done and what happens to the family itself, is the heart of this engaging book, the soul of its existence. Corace, a former oil-field roughneck, speculator in oil and gas leases, and an active investor in drilling ventures, examines the business of drilling in detail. For years, the industry was attacked in novels and non-fiction alike -- sometimes deservedly so. But this novel does something different. It explains how complicated the technical side of drilling offshore can be, how risky the chance of success really is. And it shows a human side of the business. As a profession, oil and gas seem to attract a certain personality: tough, hard, rugged individuals. Failure in the industry is common; to last, a participant must be resilient, elastic, capable of change. The study of character is an important element in this book. In brief, Offshore, a novel, is absorbing, clever, thrilling. In the critical drilling of a deepwater well far out in the Gulf of Mexico, action in the book practically explodes off the pages. The story satisfies on many levels. Cool, complex,

The spirit of resilience and the can-do drive to succeed

Written by a former "roughneck" in the Texas oil field trade, among many other careers, Offshore is an exciting novel about the fierce competition between an offshore drilling company and the family dynasty behind it, and the predatory cunning of a Wall Street corporate raider. Partly a tale of a father and his estranged son seeking to make amends, partly a love story, part redemption saga, and part plucky novel of determination to win a challenge, Offshore culminates in a devil's bargain that pits a family's drive to succeed against not only the ruthlessness of their enemies, but the force of an incoming hurricane. A saga that effectively captures the spirit of resilience and the can-do drive to succeed.

Would make a great TV series or major motion picture

'OFFSHORE' offers a rare glimps into the double dealing and underhanded behavior of some individuals in the oil industry. Don Corace accurately crafts his characters and their motives and the development of the plot so that someone with no actual knowledge of the oil industry or the stock market can easily follow the story line and be 'sucked' in to the human aspects of the story. 'OFFSHORE' will make a great TV series or a major motion picture.

Solid First Effort, prose could be better

Don Corace has put together a decent book. The story line is strong, the character development is good, all together "Offshore" is an engaging read which teaches the laymen amongst us a thing or two about the offshore drilling industry. Though (by the writer's own admission) with not a lot of detail. The writer explains rather complex subject matter in very simplistic ways, it makes for a much easier read. Even though Offshore has a strong plot, the story is sometimes hurt by Mr. Corace's plodding prose. The book sort of reminds me of John Grisham's "The Firm", stellar plot, but the writer never completely wraps you up in the story. Perhaps a ghost writer would serve Mr. Corace well, he has a good mind for a story, but he may not be the best one to tell it. All and all a worthwhile read.

Fast-paced Page-Turner

Don Corace's "Offshore" is a fast-paced page-turner that combines financial maneuvering, offshore drilling action, murder, family conflict and forbidden romance. The novel is an inside look at the oil industry, and the daring people who push the limits of deepwater technology and brave the elements to find oil. Although you don't have to know about the oil industry to enjoy this book, readers familiar with Houston and oil exploration will find much that is recognizable. Don Corace knows the oil industry and its people, and he uses that knowledge to create a fascinating story. Discover this new author, and get caught up in the Drummond family saga. You won't want to put "Offshore" down until you learn what happens to Clay, Kate, D.L. and the rest of the Drummonds. Cathy Stucker