RIVERS WITHOUT BORDERS: Political Action Thriller

by Mike Drake, Mohamad Yehia

In Rivers Without Borders, a retired soldier, Nabil al-Rashid, is forced to confront his past when his Iraqi village, Al-Qadisiyyah, faces extinction due to the vanished Euphrates River. Decades after nurturing hope as a teacher, Nabil's hands are calloused by war, and now, a massive dam in Turkey chokes the river upstream, leaving his people to die of thirst and despair.
A former comrade presents an audacious a secret mission to breach the Atatürk Dam and unleash the river once more. Reluctantly, Nabil reclaims the mantle of command he swore he'd abandoned. He assembles a desperate team of veterans, engineers, and medics—ordinary people driven to extraordinary defiance. Their perilous journey takes them across hostile borders and into the fortified heart of the dam, all while being relentlessly hunted by the intelligence agencies of multiple nations.
Yet, breaching the dam is merely the beginning. Their actions ignite a firestorm of international politics, transforming Nabil and his team into pawns in a global power struggle. As Ankara brands them terrorists, the Arab world hails them as martyrs, and a war of words erupts, stretching from the streets of Baghdad and Cairo to the august halls of the United Nations.
Spanning from the parched fields of Iraq to the tense corridors of global power, Rivers Without Borders is a gripping geopolitical thriller that delves into the wars of tomorrow, fought today for the most vital water. It is a profound story of sacrifice, the crushing weight of leadership, and the enduring hope that even when chained, a river—and its people—will eventually run free.

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 25, 2025

About the author

Mike Drake is the author of six books on such diverse topics as haiku and Halloween In New York. His artwork has been displayed in numerous exhibits worldwide including MOMA's PS1 in New York. He has been immortalized in the Ripley's Believe It Or Not daily comic strip and has appeared on numerous television programs including Oddities. Time Out New York magazine once called him a "Curator Of Curiosities" and The Huffington Post has referred to his collection as "shocking".

He lives in New York city and wants you to send him any old prosthetic limbs you may have sitting around the house.

His latest book is Contemporary Krampus and he is now working on a FeeJee Mermaid themed project.

Reviews

[Mohamad J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent plot, Future Water Wars