Dolphin Island - 9781942557296

This non-fiction book traces the childhood dreams of former Navy SEAL Marc Lonergan and the secret island world he created as a young boy. This is a story about a young man’s dreams becoming the reality of an adult.Starting at the age of ten, Marc played on an island in the forest behind his house and imagined himself as both a Warrior and an Explorer. He would ultimately grow up to be a Navy SEAL/Sniper, and also travel the world on an expedition with one of our generation’s greatest sea captains, Sir Peter Blake. It would be an epic quest to document the Pulse Points of the Planets Health in Antarctica and the Amazon for Nat Geo Channel and The Discovery Channel.Following the tragic death of Sir Peter by pirates in the Amazon; Marc will first work with the family of Jacques Yves Cousteau; as a mentor to his youngest son, then return to the world of combat with a classified government project. He will risk his life to save innocent men, women, children; as well as his fellow warfighters on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq. To do this he will battle elements of what was to become modern day ISIS and ultimately defeat the enemy that hunts the ones he has sworn to protect. During his adventures, he will find the purpose of his life as that of a protector. His greatest challenge is finding redemption for the loss of those he felt he could have saved along his journey.