Logan's Storm A Novel

The capstone of Ken Wells's acclaimed Catahoula Bayou trilogy,Logan's Stormtracks the epic journey of Logan LaBauve as he flees corrupt cops while trying to lead Chilly Coxthe teenager whose "crime" was rescuing Logan's son, Meely, from a racist bullyto safety. But dodging two-footed predators deep in the Cajun backwaters turns out to be the easy part. As Logan, accompanied by a newfound love interest, heads to Florida to lie low, a killer hurricane springs from the Gulfand lives are suddenly on the line. Wells writes with Twain's flair for adventure and Welty's sense of place, makingLogan's Storma trip through the heart and soul of a singular American character.

Ken Wells grew up on the banks of Bayou Black in Louisiana Cajun country and began his writing career as a nineteen-year-old covering car wrecks and alligator sightings for his hometown newspaper. He was a reporter for four years with the Miami Herald, where he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and a writer and editor for The Wall Street Journal for twenty-four years. Wells left the Journal in 2006, to take a job as a senior editor and writer for Condé Nast Portfolio. He is also the author of four novels set in the Cajun bayous.