{"product_id":"the-cuban-affair","title":"The Cuban Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cuban Affair - Nelson Demille\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages - 429\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003eGoodreads Rating - 3.79\u003cbr\u003eCondition - Very Good - Name written on the first page and inside cover, creasing on both covers and Spine, various marks, dings on the Covers and Outer Spine Pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the legendary #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlum Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Fall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Nelson DeMille’s blistering new novel features an exciting new character—US Army combat veteran Daniel “Mac” MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel Graham MacCormick—Mac for short—seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he’s living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don’t tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac’s finances are more than a little shaky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne day, Mac is sitting in the famous Green Parrot Bar in Key West, contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a hotshot Miami lawyer heavily involved with anti-Castro groups. Carlos wants to hire Mac and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Maine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e for a ten-day fishing tournament to Cuba at the standard rate, but Mac suspects there is more to this and turns it down. The price then goes up to two million dollars, and Mac agrees to hear the deal, and meet Carlos’s clients—a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega, and a mysterious older Cuban exile, Eduardo Valazquez.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Mac learns is that there is sixty million American dollars hidden in Cuba by Sara’s grandfather when he fled Castro’s revolution. With the “Cuban Thaw” underway between Havana and Washington, Carlos, Eduardo, and Sara know it’s only a matter of time before someone finds the stash—by accident or on purpose. And Mac knows if he accepts this job, he’ll walk away rich…or not at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrilliantly written, with his signature humor, fascinating authenticity from his research trip to Cuba, and heart-pounding pace, Nelson DeMille is a true master of the genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Budget Book Nook ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43100456288299,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/2975\/8251\/files\/41624439-4d44-45e6-9b5e-8d00cddba0ab.jpg?v=1771972243","url":"https:\/\/budgetbooknook.co.nz\/products\/the-cuban-affair","provider":"Budget Book Nook ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}