** Finalist in the 2025 IAN Book of the Year Awards! Soon after his appointment as a federal judge in Florida, national hero Jack Gamble is intensely pressured by the Whitehouse to dismiss a case on his newly assigned docket. The case involves a huge offshore wind and fish farm development. The pressure and the project just don’t make sense together. A character assassination, arson, ship scuttling, murders and threatened prosecution for murder are just some of the tactics used to pressure Jack. With his passport confiscated by the FBI, Jack must rely on his wife and three children to travel to Canada to uncover the evidence revealing the petrifying truth behind the development and bring down a corrupt government. Finalist IAN Book of the Year Awards, Political/Government Fiction "It's always an emergency when the call is from the White House, but Jack Gamble has no clue how his life is about to change. As a newly appointed Federal Judge he finds the sys- tem rife with deception, fraud, international espionage and corruption. Author Gregor Pratt has his finger on the pulse of American politics and the judicial system. This story is ripped from today's headlines and Pratt handles it masterfully. What a thrill!" - Don Bruns, Editor/Author of BACK IN BLACK, USA Today Best-Selling Author "Gregor Pratt's STOP THE WIND is a pulse pounding political thriller that will have you turning the pages as fast as you can. If you like Clancy and Grisham, then this is the book for you. Don't miss it." - David Bell, New York Times bestselling author of STORM WARNING and SHE'S GONE