Réal Laplaine
ASIN: B06WVB7294
Publisher: ; 1st edition (February 12, 2017)
Pages: 200
Mateus Cordozo has just returned to his hometown of Afife, Portugal, a short vacation where he hopes to reconcile his midlife crisis - far from his "normal" life as a bio-engineer back in Sweden. With two bottles of wine, some fine local cheese and freshly baked-bread, he finds a secluded spot on a blustery and cold beach, where he is certain that no one will interrupt his soul-searching. Half way into his first glass he spots a figure approaching, and finally, a strange woman steps up to him. They engage a stimulating conversation, wherein she reveals her true agenda; telling him that a nuclear debacle is about to ensue in the wake of an energy-desperate Chinese invasion of Iran to commandeer Iran's oil fields. Mateus, having abandoned his phone in his hotel, is clueless about on-going events in the world, particularly news of this invasion. She goes on to explain that there are only ...