Gulf Winds introduces Ulysses (a.k.a. Uly) Grant, a recently returned veteran of the war in Iraq who is searching for a bit of tranquility among the Florida mangroves and the financial security provided by a tiny bit of harmless computer fraud. Instead, Uly finds himself in the middle of a drug drop, entangled with a mysterious woman, terrorists, intrigue and cross-conspiracies, all attempting to influence off-shore oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
J. M. Taylor's latest release, GULF WINDS, won First Place in the Florida Writers Association 2007 Royal Palm Awards for unpublished Mystery/Thriller. His original series of award-winning thrillers have been republished as LOST KEY which begins in Cuba and takes the reader across south Florida, and DESERT WINDS, where an Army officer searches for and finds Saddam's nuclear arsenal. MISSING STICKS is a historical military action novel with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne on D-Day. All are filled with suspense, action, and a bit of romance.
Before he turned to writing Taylor served with the 101st Airborne Division as a platoon leader and battalion commander. Airborne and air assault qualified, a scuba diver and trained as a system engineer, he also designed military command and control systems in civilian life. Using his background in nuclear weapons and extensive travel in the Far and Middle East, Europe and across the States, he packs a ton of adventure into an action-filled page-turner.
