Rising Tide

About the Book

The story is essentially Rod Sterling’s and is told mainly from his point of view. It sees him caught up in a web of historical events that first occurs during World War II, when he is a lad of thirteen, and continues as he becomes involved in Fidel Castro’s struggle for power in Cuba.

The story is also of Conchita Quesada, the headstrong, young and winsome black-eyed Latin beauty. She sets a fire in Rod’s blood that would not be quenched. Their life together is filled with violence, danger, romance, adventure, mystery, and political intrigue. The book is appealing, in part, because it reads like the current events of the era in which the novel takes place. Rising Tide will leave the reader acutely aware of the menace that communism presented in the Caribbean Basin and Central America.

About the Author

Melvin Weaver was born in Boynton Beach, Florida, the fourth son of a pioneer southeast Florida family. He was educated in the local public school system and attended the University of Florida where he received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree. Upon completion of his studies, he entered the dairy farming business and, eventually, along with his brothers and sister, operated farms in Palm Beach County, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas.

In 1970, the Weaver Development Corporation purchased Cypress Creek Country Club, a golf course/subdivision located in Palm Beach County and Melvin Weaver was appointed to the office of President of the Corporation and General Manager of the golf course. He remained at those duties until he retired in 1998.

Mr. Weaver is married and the father of four children, three daughters and a son. He is also the grandfather of seven, five boys and two girls.