River Pacifico

by David Jordan

Hold on tight; it’s about to get very thrilling. It’s the third book in the River series, continuing from the end of River Deep.

River Pacifico is set in two timelines, the current and the past ten years.

A call for help takes River to Costa Rica, where an injured ex-Force Recon Captain is being threatened.

The North Koreans have a plan that requires control of a small town on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. People have died, others have disappeared, and the Captain is under threat.

River must defend this wounded warrior and unravel what is going on. As actions escalate, River will attempt the rescue of three women who have been taken. Can he put an end to the incursion of the North Koreans and prevent an attack on the USA?

An extract from River Pacifico….’It was 02:00 in Costa Rica, and the Shambhala Productions compound on Calle Bejuco road in Uvita was dark. All of the employees had left some six hours earlier.
The four men, all dressed in black, moved around the compound silently. Their vehicle was parked in the nearby Balcon Ballena bed and breakfast, which had been sold a week earlier and now stood empty.
The men all carried five-gallon cans of gasoline, which they spread around the various buildings. After ten minutes, they grouped at the front gate, and their leader pulled the tab on a road flare, tossing it against the door of the main building. It caught fire immediately.
As the men slipped back up the hill to their waiting vehicle, the flames from Shambala Production’s burning buildings were already at the rooftop level.
Meanwhile, further down the hill, another fire was just starting at the restaurant “Tribu” owned by a European couple, Jonas and Carolina Hernkrantz. Jonas and Carolina were from Sweden, Carolina from the magical island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. They were ordinary, hardworking people who had moved to Costa Rica to pursue a dream. They had built Tribu from the ground up, investing all their savings and personal effort over two years into the venture. A tough people used to hardship, this Swedish couple had refused requests to sell their restaurant. They had stood up to the ever-increasing threats from the men who wanted their property, standing together and never faltering.
That night, a gas line to the extensive stainless-steel range in the kitchen had come away from its connection. The restaurant kitchen filled with gas, gradually seeping up the stairs and into the bedrooms above, where the couple slept. Jonas was roused as the gas filled his lungs, and he started coughing. He pulled himself out of bed, coughing and retching. His immediate thoughts were for the safety of Carolina, who was unconscious. But as he moved to shake her, the gas caught on an open flame left on a counter in the kitchen. The explosion was massive and blew the restaurant apart, killing the couple in their bedroom before they could act.‘

A fast-paced thriller set against current world tensions, River Pacifico, pits John River against the North Korean military.

Tropical destinations, action, military missions, rescue, and crime. River Pacifico continues the evolution of John River, the Search and Rescue specialist.

400 Pages, 110,000 words.

See www.silverwarbird.com for images, descriptions, and videos of the locations, vehicles, equipment, and weapons used in River Pacifico.