White Powder: A Novel of the CIA and the Secret War in Laos

by Larry B. Lambert

There is something intoxicating about a secret. There’s something terrifying about a shadow war. You may not know much about Laos or the world of WHITE POWDER. You aren’t supposed to. Drugs, sex, and murder combined with personal and national agendas to create the hidden world of heroin where governments and drug empires collide.WHITE POWDER is the story of US Army officer, Craig Burton, who became something else. Burton’s metamorphosis can’t be explained except within the context of others whose roles played a part in the outcome. It’s a story of spies from various nations with both personal and national agendas who congregated in Laos and were willing to do ANYTHING to meet their objectives. The end inevitably justified the means. Lastly, it’s also the story of Charlotte Sabon, who met Craig Burton, fell in love and was willing to commit murder to keep him. In the end she got both what she wanted and what she deserved.

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 29, 2010

Reviews

[Dennis Henn · Rating 1 out of 5]

How did this get such good reviews? Maybe the Kindle version is different than the paperback. Numerous editing problems made me wonder if the editing was nothing more than running a spell check and a grammar check. The story plodded along frequently losing its right to exist. Characters were crude and most of the action is the narrator describing the scenery and brothels. The author takes pains to inform you of what Laos was like in the 50s. His description sounded like he got it from Wikipedia. Dumb book and I quit at 33% read. I advise anyone else read to stop immediately.

[Cheryl Turoczy Hart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a favorite. I wanted to get a feel for Laos but this was not the one to do that!