The Datura Solution

About the Book

Max Foreman has just come back from a military mission in Africa. What should have been a simple in-and-out covert operation turned into a multiple-week ordeal punctuated by a trail of bodies from Africa to Europe. Worse, Max realizes that the team was betrayed. Escaping to Spain, Max is witness to the kidnapping of Lena, a multibillionaire Russian woman, whom he falls in love with. Max’s relationship with Lena will change his life forever as she is an oligarch trying to fend off organized crime attempts to rob her of her fortune. Max is suddenly thrown into a battle for Lena’s life as well as his. What starts as a love affair with Lena and the prospect of a life of leisure turns out to be anything but. Max has to muster all his allies to fight forces that he barely understands and that have the support of the Russian prime minister. He has to operate in a world of intrigue and murders, where the only solution to problems is to eliminate them. The Datura Solution is a tale of love, tragedy, brutality, and greed that builds into a fight for survival not only for Max but for all his associates in the unforgiving world of Russian oligarchs.

About the Author

Patrick Faure was born in Monaco and has lived in multiple countries. A polymath, he has written two previous novels, A Summer in Limousin and Born in Monaco. Patrick has a comprehensive academic background in philosophy, foreign languages, and information systems and is also an accomplished surrealistic painter. A retired US Army officer, Patrick is passionate about Ancient History and regularly visits sites in Turkey, Greece, and Italy. Among his other accomplishments, Patrick has owned businesses around the world and currently works and lives in London, England, with his Turkish partner.