The peak of the hippie culture had merged with an anti-war movement fueled by sex, drugs, and rock & roll. It was a wild time, it was a desperate time. It was 1971, and there were clear lines being drawn in a society ever-more fragmented between generational gaps: those of "The Good War" and those of "The War We Lost". When a group of ivy-leaguers with too much time and money on their hands head north into the White Mountains to target the less fortunate as cannon fodder, young Will is caught in the cross hairs. The bold adventure that was being proposed was fraught with danger and potential for downsides, and the years of careful planning by the Bostonians and promise of a fortune to be made were not quite enough to offset the concerns, however, Will's recent string of irreversible actions have pinned him into a corner, with few options to consider. He casts his lot with the gambling crew, hoping for what would be a quick payoff and a chance to start anew. A story that begins amidst the cozy college towns of New England soon shifts to the Caribbean and the high seas, with dubious characters and modern-day piracy. Batten down the hatches, you've just boarded and a tempest awaits. Based on a true story.
About the Author: There should have been a marker posted at the college entrance, along with a cast-iron Rod Serling sculpture, admonishing: " That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!" After that momentous period of personal growth, a brief stint at college that was abruptly cut short with a 'get out of jail free card' precipitating an arbitrary excommunication from New England, my REAL education began as a sojourner In Search of The Lost Chord...a road full of potholes, twists, turns, and more than once a flip of the coin, all of which directed me through crossroads that have miraculously delivered me to this current juncture in life. A famous baseball player once said: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!" Taking many more lefts than rights, I somehow am still here to testify that life is good. I look back at a turbulent past and can only be thankful for all that -- who -- I have: married, finally to someone I don't deserve, and three unique lads at 42, 24, and 17. That ought to tell you something of a life unscripted and out of the ordinary.