On October 8, 2001, as the world continued to reel from the events of 9/11, another tragedy struck a group of vacationing U.S. citizens.  Twenty Richmond, Virginia divers were on the yacht Wave Dancer in Belize when Hurricane Iris ripped it from its moorings causing it to capsize.  Only three of the divers would make it home alive.  It was the worst accident in the history of the sport of scuba diving and a testament to the deadly danger posed by hurricanes. <read more>

  Joe Burnworth is a U.S. Army and decorated Vietnam War Veteran. While in Vietnam he served as 1st Cavalry 5/7 Battalion correspondent to Cavalier publication, a contributor to Stars and Stripes. Upon his return from Vietnam, Burnworth graduated from Ball State University where he majored in Business and Finance.  He discovered the field of entrepreneurship where he prospered and started several businesses including developing several thousand apartments and condominiums across the United States.

Upon retiring from his many business ventures, Burnworth elected to resume his writing career.  No Safe Harbor is his first book. Joe Burnworth is an accomplished SCUBA diver who has dived in thirteen countries.  He and his wife Linda live outside Indianapolis, Indiana.