THE SALT IN MY VEINS

THE SALT IN MY VEINS An Odyssey of Iron and Ocean Written with spellbinding literary elegance and authentic maritime authority, The Salt in My Veins is an epic novel detailing the life voyage of a Sri Lankan marine engineer. From his early youth on a sunlit palm-shaded breakwater reading Sinbad the Sailor, through the intense machine shop apprenticeships of university life, to his baptism in 50°C engine rooms aboard Barber Shipping leviathans-this work captures the unyielding discipline, ocean gales of the Roaring Forties, and the warmth of Sri Lankan camaraderie. Follow his journey to South Shields, England, passing the prestigious British MCA Chief Engineer examinations, sailing 70% of the world's commercial ports, an eight-year aerogramme romance, fatherhood, and his legacy as Senior Consultant and author of the definitive Marine Engineering textbook series. >ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eng. Lalith Prasanna Madanayake is a Senior Marine Engineer Consultant, Author and an Experienced Sailer and with over three decades of international sea service having UK Chief Engineer license, and academic leadership in Sri Lanka.