In the Shadows of the Ghost People

Book excerpt: The Florida Keys are so coveted for its beauty, and the tourists seem to flock to its small island paradise, giving them a transit feel for the people going in and out of the area. Marathon, Florida, is a small island town located midway down the chain of islands housed a dark and dangerous secret in the hidden world of drug smuggling that dominated the waters from the Florida Keys to the Ten Thousand Islands off Everglades National Park. The setting is in the 1970s where people were carefree and daring and contributed to the recreational use of drugs and the party lifestyle. This story embarks on the glitz and glamorous lifestyle that the commercial fishermen grew accustomed to but endured during a decade of drug smuggling for the largest and most dangerous cartel housed inside of Miami's dark world.