When five Christmas ornaments are purchased innocently by retired couple Wilford and Patrica Lewine, a chain reaction of mysterious events unfolds. Little did the Lewines know the because of their purchase, they had become the hunted targets of a powerful Colombian drug cartel. But why?

Such is the intriguing premise in The Amazon Incident, by W. Thomas Richards. Through vividly exotic locales, made visual by the author's descriptive content, as well as plot lines that keeep readers on the edges of their seats, Mr. Richards weaves his web of interesting events and characters. Since the Christmas ornaments contain clues to hidden treasure, their purchase is of great interest to the drug cartel's leader, who hijacks the Lewines' plane, a disstressing fact the soon becomes known worldwide.

Into the mix are thrown the Lewines' three teenage granddaughters, who learn the their grandparents have indeed survived, along with two others, the hijacking and subsequent plane crash, but are in great danger. Their story of survival, commitment, and bravery insires the granddaughters to launch their own rescue mission, introducing them to the same world filled with drugs, kidnapping and murder.

Can the granddaugthers save their grandparents? Or will they themselves be hunted down and seized by this ruthless band of thugs? this, and more, make The Amazon Incident a powerful and enjoyable read.