As a retired crane operator from the U.S. Navy, John J. Lahm has seen some undersea sights that most people have not experienced. A member of the Long Beach Island Fishing Club in Harvey Cedars, he recently made his debut as a science fiction writer with Bad to the Bone, published by Seaworthy Publications.
The Philadelphia resident’s novel tells the story about the unexpected arrival of a new species of shark that developed due to human medical waste seeping down through the Florida aquifer and coming out in offshore submarine springs.
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