ABOUT THE NOVEL Two top executives with a major oil company, one an ex CIA agent, the other an ex Underwater Demolition Team member from WWII, seeking adventure and fortune, pair up with their company chief pilot to pull off the heist of the century. Their best laid plans to salvage a fortune in gold bullion buried in the Caribbean, south of Bimini, go awry when authorities are informed and lay in wait for the company Learjet to land in New Orleans to dispose of their contraband. During their escape flight to Mexico, and later back to the states, death and disaster plague their alternate plans. The chief pilot, the only survivor, is held captive by the largest drug Czar in Mexico. The Czar has plans for the high time Lear pilot. The story maintains a fast pace of intrigue and mystery as the fortune hunter's dream turns into a nightmare. .