Mekong by Paul Adirex
A Fantastic Adventure About the Search for MIAs and Lost Treasure in Laos
April 1994, Dave Shawn, an ex-Army engineer trying to put his life back together after his wife's death, is sent to replace an American company's field manager, who has died mysteriously along with six of the company's security guards while supervising the construction of a bridge across the Mekong River connecting Thailand and northern Laos.
Was it really a Naga, a giant mythical snake, that killed them or were more worldly forces, such as the drug kingpin of the Golden Triangle or a corrupt Laotian general looking for lost treasure, responsible for their deaths.
Shawn is joined by Johnny Draco who was sent by the Defense Intelligence Agency to find two US pilots shot down over northern Laos in 1967. they meet Kimberly baker, a beautiful half-Thai half-British anthropologist, who is searching for the long-lost Puri tribe.
The trio, each searching for separate quarry, find their lives becoming intertwined. the key to their success or failure is a mysterious Buddhist forest monk who points them in the direction of the most bizarre and dangerous adventure of their lives.
About the author:
Paul Adirex is a pen name of an American-educated prominent Thai politician and businessman. A former foreign minister, he is currently secretary general of a major political party. He has written four novels: The Pirates of Tarutao, Mekong, Until the Karma Ends, and The King Kong Effect.
