"Lukas Helitski, an idealistic young man leaves his boyhood home in Upstate New York to search for adventure and riches in the land of his dreams. CALIFORNIA! But in his quixotic quest he discovers that along with California sunshine comes monotony and boredom until.... He meets a mysterious girl of many names. Francesca, a young woman of immeasurable beauty resides with a single mother, and an ancient Native American woman, known only as Abuela, decides to search for the identity and birthplace of the father she has never known. She discovers secrets about her heritage that change her perspective as to who she is and why she must delve deeper into her family’s history. She is pulled into a world of deceit and lies and her life changes in unexpected ways until... She meets a naïve young man, Lukas. Ali-Aziz Mizraahi.an Iranian flight instructor with an ambiguous past answers a newspaper “wanted” advertisement and encounters Lukas. Although they differ on cultural and sociological ideology, they become friends, exploring the many facets of southern California life with a zest for adventure that is ingrained in most red-blooded young men. But along with adventure, danger can be lurking beneath the surface, unless trust and sacrifice are the foundation for 'Guardians of Friendship' What or Who must be sacrificed? Who will change their perspective about the world they live in? and who will learn from their mistakes and move on? These questions along with; SEX... LOVE... DECEIT... GREED... WRATH... MURDER... And, ultimately REDEMPTION, set the scenes that define THE SUNSHINE MACHINE. In addition to Lukas, Francesca and Ali, a cast of colorful miscreants, sympathetic antagonists and flawed protagonists populate the vivid Southern and Baja California locales of the sixties and seventies in THE SUNSHINE MACHINE. Chapters of magical realism, historic rock and rock trivia, and mind-altering occurrences all play a part in transporting the reader to a time when Flower Power was the new cultural revolution and Drugs, Sex and Rock and Roll were its mantra." -- page [4] of cover.