The Quixotics

by John Wayne Falbey

The Quixotics is a tale of coming of age in 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 have become disenchanted with a country whose citizens spit on and curse returning warriors. Restless and troubled by what they see as the loss of individuality in an increasingly one-size-fits-all society, they decide to escape it and create an environment more to their liking. 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 any wrongs they find along the way. Combative with society and each other, they set off in the small, cramped boat with no sailing or navigational skills. 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 are imprisoned 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”.

218 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 14, 2012

About the author

I write thrillers dealing with international espionage and geopolitical intrigue. My debut novel, Sleeping Dogs: The Awakening, has become an international best seller on Amazon.com and was endorsed by Compulsory Reads. I followed it up with Endangered Species, The Year of the Dog, The Dogs of War, A Deadlier Breed, and In The Beginning. All are thrillers in the Sleeping Dogs series. I’m also the author of The Quixotics, a tale of gunrunning, guerrilla warfare, and suspense in the Caribbean. A native Floridian and former transactional attorney, when I’m not writing, I’m a real estate investor and developer in Southwest Florida. I invite you to visit me at www.sleepingdogs.biz/connect.html, where you can sign up for my highly irregular newsletter announcing publication dates, appearances, and matters relating to the Sleeping Dogs thrillers and my other novels.

Reviews

[Mikel Rhodes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sale into history & dander.

A interesting story of fun, adventure, and death in a dangerous area of the Caribbean in the seventies. A few tough men can get in a lot of trouble.