| Hatteras Moon tells the story of Virgil Gibson, an English professor whose friendship with a trawler boat captain and part time smuggler draws him into a world of violence, evil, and revenge. Virgil signs on as a cook, hoping to get away from his exploding marriage and mundane life as a college professor. While they are at sea, the captain and his crew are murdered by a group of men masquerading as fishermen aboard another trawler. Virgil survives by hiding in a fish bin beneath a pile of shrimp and ice. He later flees the ship, which the killers have rigged with explosives and set on fire. He spends a terrified night at sea clinging to a hatch cover and surrounded by sharks before he reaches shore on Hatteras Island. Haunted by the deaths of his friends, Virgil is determined to find their killers and bring them to justice. |
