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    The Quixotics
    The Quixotics
    The Quixotics
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    The Quixotics

    By John Wayne Falbey

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    The Quixotics is a tale of coming of age for the Baby Boomer generation. The time is 1970 and three young men have returned from military service in Vietnam. Like other returning warriors of that era, they’ve become disenchanted with a country that no longer feels comfortable or welcoming to them. Restless and troubled by what they see as the loss of individuality in an increasingly politically correct society, they decide to escape it and create an environment more to their liking. They are modern versions of that classic daydreamer, Don Quixote. But, where the venerable nobleman was weak and spindly, these men are young, powerful, and well trained in the killing arts.

    They pool what little cash they have and acquire a boat that is barely seaworthy. The plan is to sail leisurely through the Caribbean, living life on their own terms one idyllic day at a time, determined to find adventure and right the wrongs they find along the way. Combative with society and each other and with no sailing or navigational skills, they set off in the small, cramped boat.

    To earn some badly needed cash, they grudgingly agree to deliver a cargo of weapons to anti-Castro insurgents in Cuba. The start is rough and the voyage rougher, but all hell breaks loose once they reach the island. Captured by Castro forces, they’re imprisoned and tortured in an old Spanish dungeon. Later, they escape and join up with the rebels in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. Here, their talents for guerilla warfare, honed in the jungles of Vietnam, assert themselves.

    Before this tale of adventure, romance, and self-discovery is over, each man will come to realize, as Cervantes said, “Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within”.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Wayne Falbey
    Release dateOct 15, 2012
    ISBN9780985518721
    The Quixotics
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    John Wayne Falbey

    John Wayne Falbey writes thrillers set in the contemporary world of international espionage and geopolitical intrigue. He wrote his first book while he was a student at Vanderbilt University School of Law. He subsequently practiced law in his native state of Florida and later became active in land development. Along the way, he earned masters and doctoral degrees in Business Management. He also spent five years in academia, creating and chairing a Master of Science program in real estate development at a graduate school of business in Florida. In 2010, he returned to his first love, writing, and began creating his Sleeping Dogs series of thrillers. His debut novel in the series, Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, reached international best-seller status. He followed it with Endangered Species, Year of the Dog, Dogs of War, A Deadlier Breed, The Devil’s Litter, and The People’s Republic of America. A Deadlier Breed won the Whammy Award at the 2019 Southwest Florida Writers Conference for the “single most impactful writing” as determined by a panel of literary agents and editors in attendance. He also has written and published two stand-alone novels: The Quixotics and The Taxman Cometh. All books are available in print at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. Digital—eBook—versions of all books are available at all major online book retailers. The first book in the series, Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, also is available in audio format from Amazon.com or Audible.com. All other books are available in audio format through Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Falbey&c=books. Wayne can be reached at: falbey@johnwaynefalbey.com

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