Publisher's Synopsis
An exciting story where fiction and reality are common place. The delightful scenario is set in the coastal city of Boca Raton, located in the State of Florida, a real paradise for retired people. Three sexagenarian friends Dora, Ruth, and Sarah just want to live their lives peacefully. Dora's sudden desire on learning how to fly planes and Ruth's incorrigible detective mania, achieved through fanatic newspaper articles relating to international crimes, as well as being a terrorism information collector, starts them to begin an investigation about the activity of certain strange guests at Sarah's Pakistani neighbor's house. Their curiosity winds up leading them to discover a well plotted net of terrorist cells planted in American lands. Thomas, an FBI agent, Ruth's nephew, is sent to Brazil on an investigative mission to infiltrate into Fernando's criminal organization, which specializes in international women trafficking and supplies a well structured prostitution net in Miami. Drugs, weapons and even explosives, follow the investigations along with the crime entrepreneur's criminal activities. Thomas' occasional romance with a Brazilian girl and his forced separation because of his mission, ends up weakening his engagement with Sheila, putting their future relationship in doubt. Thomas' discoveries and his unrestricted support of Peter, an ex CIA employee, culminate in the employee's death without the security agency's aid, followed by a series of non official incursions against the probable terrorists' net members, avoiding some dangerous terrorist attacks from happening in American lands. Despite his efforts, substantially corroded by the constituted authorities responsible for the internal strategic defense institutions in the USA, the FBI, the CIA, and NSA, the greatest terrorist attempt cannot be avoided, killing thousands of innocent citizens. It is an epic that describes the courage, persistence, and the patriotism of middle age people and common citize
