The Salt in My Veins

By LALITH PRASANNA MADANAYAKE

THE SALT IN MY VEINS
An Odyssey of Iron and Ocean
Written with spellbinding literary elegance and authentic maritime authority, The Salt in My Veins is an epic novel detailing the life voyage of a Sri Lankan marine engineer. From his early youth on a sunlit palm-shaded breakwater reading Sinbad the Sailor, through the intense machine shop apprenticeships of university life, to his baptism in 50 C engine rooms aboard Barber Shipping leviathans-this work captures the unyielding discipline, ocean gales of the Roaring Forties, and the warmth of Sri Lankan camaraderie.
Follow his journey to South Shields, England, passing the prestigious British MCA Chief Engineer examinations, sailing 70% of the world's commercial ports, an eight-year aerogramme romance, fatherhood, and his legacy as Senior Consultant
and author of the definitive Marine Engineering textbook series.
"The sea has no memory of men, yet once her salt enters your veins, no shore will ever hold your spirit still."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Eng. Lalith Prasanna Madanayake is a Senior Marine Engineer Consultant, Author and an Experienced Sailer and with over three decades of international sea service having UK Chief Engineer license, and academic leadership in Sri Lanka.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCL8GTGJ
• ISBN13: 9798190230581
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"