Evil's Root: A Mystery and Political Thriller Set in Latin America

Online, December 8, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Michael's first novel, Hampton Road (available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobel) is a wonderful psychological thriller for all ages.

Here is a brief description:

Welcome to the disturbing world of the main character, a young man who has lost everything, except maybe his sense of humor. When he reflects on the absurdity of his tragic situation, he has a choice. He can either despair or have hope. Hope lies in believing the nightmare of Hampton Road is no more real than his present fantasies.

This is a book that will keep you flipping the pages as the mystery unfolds through the perspective of three characters whose lives converge on the fateful night when the world as they knew it ended.

For the protagonist to end his torment, he must try to piece together the broken trilogy of love and friendship that once gave his life meaning.

Evil's Root, Michael's upcoming novel, is veritable page turner, full of mystery, suspense, political intrigue, romance, and adventure.

A short description follows:

When Steve Collins, a forty-one year old disillusioned American expat journalist, sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a story, he has no idea how life is about to change. On assignment for The Lima Tribune, his job is to report on the crash of a Peruvian military plane that had a U.S. senator aboard. The plane went down in the Huallaga Valley, a notorious region that harvests 45% of the world's coca, a large quantity of which is used to produce cocaine. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. Embassy is backing the military's claim.

Steve has grave doubts that the nearly defunct rebel movement would engage in an action so foolish and suicidal. His boss informs him that Miss Strand, a young journalist from Reuters will be accompanying him. Gorgeous and full of spunk, she sets off with Steve on an adventure where they discover a shocking truth that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves.