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Sassafras: An adventure, a smuggle and a taste of Asia.
Two thousand litres of sassafras oil is enough ingredient to manufacture 2.5 million tablets of pure MDMA aka Ecstasy with a street value of over 30 Million Euros. Sassafras oil is difficult to make, harder to find and almost impossible to smuggle.
Garry Carter is 39 and starving for adventure and a sense of meaning in his life. He decides to put everything on the line – including his life – to deliver this huge shipment from where it is produced high up in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia to the port town of Mawlamyine in Myanmar.
Garrys’ Cambodian partners, Fa and Dang, are river traders. Between them, the father-and-son team have 70 years of experience navigating the spectacular river routes of South-East Asia – and dealing with the corrupt officials and soldiers along the way. Garry’s Dutch partners are drug manufacturers who have the skill and experience to navigate the European drug trade.
The Cambodians and Dutch are ruthless. Garry, a New Zealander, isn’t. He’s just looking for a good time, then he unexpectedly falls for the beautiful Noy. The stakes are high: his money or his life.
Garry Carter is 39 and starving for adventure and a sense of meaning in his life. He decides to put everything on the line – including his life – to deliver this huge shipment from where it is produced high up in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia to the port town of Mawlamyine in Myanmar.
Garrys’ Cambodian partners, Fa and Dang, are river traders. Between them, the father-and-son team have 70 years of experience navigating the spectacular river routes of South-East Asia – and dealing with the corrupt officials and soldiers along the way. Garry’s Dutch partners are drug manufacturers who have the skill and experience to navigate the European drug trade.
The Cambodians and Dutch are ruthless. Garry, a New Zealander, isn’t. He’s just looking for a good time, then he unexpectedly falls for the beautiful Noy. The stakes are high: his money or his life.
280 pages, Paperback
First published December 20, 2014
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About the author
Richard Gooch
1 book2 followersTraveling for me has been the most inspirational of my life choices. I have spent 2 decades exploring different parts the world and interacting with our diverse and incredible people.
My travels in South East Asia were the very inspirations I needed to create Sassafras.
Please enjoy the work, I enjoyed making it for you.
Richard.
My travels in South East Asia were the very inspirations I needed to create Sassafras.
Please enjoy the work, I enjoyed making it for you.
Richard.
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January 30, 2015
A thrilling, engaging adventure with great characters and an intriguing unfolding plot. A great holiday read, especially if you've ever travelled around Laos, Cambodia or Thailand or if you're lying on a beach there now.
May 29, 2016
A really good read. I felt like I was along for the ride much of the time (even when at times I'd rather not have been!). Looking forward to the next offering from Richard Gooch.
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