The Mendoza Connection: A Lucas Forge Novel (Volume 1)

Dr. Lucas Forge is a psychological profiler, psy-ops strategist, analyst, and leader of his team of three covert operations specialists. He and his team have been sent to Mendoza, Argentina to track down the wealthy and ruthless drug lord, Don Benigno Sanchez. They discover that he is also some kind of witch doctor, a Brujo Negro, who is the leader of an international cult of Brujo Negros. This cult practices an ancient dark art of using secret herbs and mental manipulation, and they are suspected of controlling the politicians and the news media in several countries. Don Benigno’s chemists have been creating a new class of highly addicting mind-altering drugs that are flooding into the cities and towns across the United States and South America. He and his disciples are taking control of the drug distribution networks from Argentina to Mexico and it is only the United States of America that stands in his way. There are rumors that Don Benigno has set up an advanced training camp for his disciples and he may have discovered a new way to transport both his drugs and his disciples across international borders without detection. Lucas Forge and his team have found a clue that may help them find and capture Don Benigno. On his way to find Don Benigno, Lucas begins to lose trust in those closest to him and must use his analytical mind to save the lives of his friends and the woman he loves.