Impetuous: The Odyssey of a Solitary Man

By T.S. Aguilar

An old wisdom states that crime is the root of all riches.
Oscar Ortiz, a fun-loving, astute guy, follows this wisdom on his odyssey from bitter poverty in his childhood to infinite wealth in middle age.
As a solitary man, he has made a good living, but when he crashes to the lowest point in his life, it requires the support of two women to help him get back on his feet.
Both play a big role in his impetuous journey around the globe. Vanessa, intelligent, strong-willed and, if necessary, brutal, helps him, on behalf of the second generation of Colombian drug lords, to establish a worldwide network of legitimate companies that lets the trafficking of illicit drugs be shrouded in legality. Silvia, his great love, finally turns the solitary man into a family guy.
At the end of his dreams, Oscar turns his back on the drug business. But he does not find peace, because the drug lords do not forgive him for his active involvement in Pablo Escobar's downfall and they never forget who knows their business and knows too much about it.
Four dramatic years in Oscar's life reveal what is wrong in the fight against drug trafficking. The drug barons, raking in trillions of dollars with their trade, have the financial clout as well as the intelligence to outsmart the drug investigators and stay one step ahead of the drug agencies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Sep 19, 2018
• ISBN: 9783752872507

T.S. Aguilar

T.S. Aguilar started writing professionally after working many years in engineering and computer science. First he wrote articles on eco-tourism and the environment for papers in Europe and Latin America before he got down to writing novels that were published in Europe. Side-tracked by script writing and producing documentary videos together with his wife, he continued his extensive travel in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, where he made a living as a teacher. After his wife was diagnosed with and succumbed to cancer, he returned to writing with his account of bungled and neglectful cancer treatment as documented in his non-fiction book 'Lifeline - The Case for Effective Cancer Immunotherapy'.He has now completed his Latin American trilogy. 'Shafted - A Mexican Tale', 'Impetuous - The Odyssey of a Solitary Man', and 'Paradise in Limbo' are novels that are largely based on personal experience and contacts with the protagonists. The critical topics addressed in his writing so far - the exploitation of labour, the rise and expansion of the illicit drug trade, and the destruction of the environment and biodiversity - are presented as intriguing and entertaining novels.