Thailand's Underbelly Beckons in a Heart-Pounding Tale
1980s Thailand. Sun-drenched beaches hide a sinister reality. Here, Camilla, a fearless motorbike-riding reporter, navigates a web of secrets, one closer to her than she dares to imagine. Her uncle, a notorious drug lord, holds the key, but the truth comes at a brutal price. Can she expose the darkness without succumbing to it?
Two English lads, Kev and Nick, crave tropical paradise. Instead, they stumble into a dangerous game orchestrated by a deceitful Dutch engineer and his ruthless allies. The stakes rise when they cross paths with French dog lovers, hiding motives more complex than affection.
Enter Mad Mike, the enigmatic Welshman whose talent for illicit drug concoctions attracts unwanted attention. As lines blur between friend and foe, Kev and his enigmatic girlfriend, Skylab, embark on a desperate chase into north Thailand's perilous depths.
Action explodes, a romance ignites, and tears flow in a breathtaking finale where loyalties are tested, and justice demands a sacrifice. Prepare for a rollercoaster ride through murder, love, and secrets that will leave you breathless.
Fast-paced, thrilling, and deeply human, this novel takes the reader into the heart of Thailand's underbelly, where nothing is as it seems.
Unravel the shocking family secret that could shatter Camilla's world.
Will Kev and Nick survive the ruthless game they've been forced into?
Can love bloom amidst the shadows of danger?
Prologue
THAILAND INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
In the early 1950s and through the 1960ʼs, groups of Thai communists went to Beijing. They were to learn and train in ideology and propaganda. Many of those attending the camps went further. They were not only learning how to get their arguments across by talking or writing.
Groups of Pathet Lao insurgents infiltrated north Thailand. Local communist party cells formed and strengthened themselves. These gangs went to Laos and North Vietnam to learn more vicious methods to pass on their thoughts. Skills in terror tactics and the armed struggle gobbled up.
Some Chiang Rai Thailand Independence Movement (TIM) members crossed the border into Burma. They then moved south to Prachuabkhirikhan, the provincial capital of Hua Hin. To keep their banned party from failing, they planned one final stand.
One of their leaders, Pu Yai, was busy creating mayhem. He didn't care how, anyway or anywhere. He would destabilise the government of Thailand.
Who was behind the anti-government stand, and why? Where, or more to the point, who did the money come from?
For several years, they thought the instigator was a non-Thai and likely British.
