"The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun" by Matthew Bracken

"The Red Cliffs of Zerhoun" by Matthew Bracken
    https://www.amazon.com/Red-Cliffs-Zerhoun-Matthew-Bracken/dp/0972831053/
Book number two of a three book post world financial apocalypse thriller series.  I read the well printed and well bound trade paperback published by Steelcutter Publishing in 2017 that I bought new on Amazon in 2025.  I have books number three in the series.
In the not so distant future, the USA Dollar has lost most of its value and annual inflation is running 20% per year.  Gasoline is $60 per gallon and rationed at 10 gallons per week if you can find it, so is electricity.  Food and housing are comparatively expensive.  The taxes have gone up including new personal healthcare taxes and such.  Many people have left the USA looking for cheaper places to live.
Dan Kilmer is a former US Marine sniper with a failed shot at college. He joined his uncle restoring an old 60 foot long (20 meter) twin masted steel schooner down in Florida.  As they got close to the end of the immense project, his uncle fell off a ladder and subsequently passed away.  Dan inherited the "Rebel Yell" from his uncle and finished the project, launching the ship and moved to the Bahamas.  He makes money by running small cargoes and helping salvage operations.
Dan Kilmer and his crew bought 100+ drums (55 US gallons each) of diesel from a failed NATO base and sailed them to a small coastal town in Ireland for resale for a good profit.  After selling many of the drums for gold coins, a former SAS Colonel meets up with Dan in the local pub and hires him to take a select crew of former military men to the Canary Islands to rescue a group of sixty-six girls who were kidnapped in Ireland by Moroccan pirates.  The girls are due to be sold for sex slaves in another few weeks.
My rating:  5 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.8 out of 5 stars (1,201 reviews)
Lynn