Whoever Fears the Sea

South African scriptwriter Paul Waterson is sent to Kenya to research a documentary film about Swahili culture. It's October 2001, and Paul has just been dumped. He spends time in Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu and falls in love with the place and the people. He becomes obsessed with finding the last remaining Mtepe dhow, which he hears is washed up on a beach in Somalia. Piracy is in its infancy but Paul finds it very difficult to find someone to take him into Somali waters. Eventually he talks a dhow captain into the journey, but the entire group is captured by Somali pirates. Navigating treacherous and adventurous waters, Whoever Fears the Sea is Justin Fox's first novel.