It is hot in the rainforest of Amazonia, sticky, humid, wet, gloomy and full of lurking shadows. Many a soul went missing in here forever. To survive in this world, you have to be up to every trick and a bit crazy.

„Matos, doesn‘t it bother you,
being so ugly?“
„Ugly? Ha! Live‘s to short,
to be stopped by such!
Ruben, listen. I‘ve got a plan,
that will make us rich!“

Just as Matos, boatsman by trade and up to each and every mischief, as long the price is right and one asks not too many questions. When he and his crew get the job to carry a mysterious passenger and his suitcase, the air fills up with bullets much faster than they‘d like. The whole trip turns into a bloody nightmare, which only the most hard-nosed passengers will escape.

(This extract shows a selection of pages of the book.)