Hunt of the Sea Wolves

I’m John Chadwell and I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome you to my blog. I’m new at this, so it may take some time to get things rolling. The purpose of this blog is two fold. The first is a bit self serving and that is to promote my screenplay, “Hunt of the Sea Wolves,” as well as the novel based on the script. 

I’ve gone this route because as many new writers discover very quickly, it is extremely difficult to get published.

The second reason for the blog, while definitely related to the first reason, is also meant to educate folks about modern-day pirates, who are, in fact, often terrorists that are busily hijacking ships around the world to finance their activities.

On average, 300-400 ships were attacked every year up until about five years ago when piracy shifted from the Malaaca Strait to Somalia. Before Somali pirates took over the trade and gained headlines, pirates often plundered the cargoes, robbed the crews and have killed or set them adrift on the high seas. The ships were sometimes taken to ports in Viet Nam or China where the cargoes were sold, the ships were renamed (transforming them into what are known as ghost ships) and sailed to ports where unsuspecting manufacturers and shippers would load their wares aboard the ships only to have them and the cargoes disappear yet again.

There is one type of ship that anti-terrorist organizations and pirates alike have their eyes on. These are gigantic LNG (liquefied natural gas). Some are as long as three football fields and carry over 30 million gallons of fuel, with an explosive power of more than 50 atomic bombs used to defeat Japan during World War II.

The premise of “Hunt of the Sea Wolves” is that a determined band of terrorists do succeed in hijacking not one, but two LNG ships for the purpose of using them as weapons of mass destruction.

The screenplay and novel, to paraphrase a line from television, are not ripped from the headlines, but may one day be the headlines. So, as this blog grows and expands, I hope to pique your interest by supporting the premise with news and bits of information from around the world to support the story.  I welcome comments and any information you may have on modern-day pirates/terrorists and their plots to use ships against their enemies–us. — John Chadwell