Carl Malinowski is a mercenary with a midlife crisis. After leading his team on a daring mission to capture Colombia's most notorious drug lord, he is confronted with a choice between the life he has and the life he wants. In love with Gabriele, the girl of his dreams, Carl maintains a double life for as long as he can. Gabriele loves him, but she is carrying her own secrets. The chain of events set in motion by the jungle kidnapping causes Carl's two lives to collide with devastating effect. Now alone, he learns that, along with the cartel, his own government is trying to kill him. Carl must go back to the jungle-to save a hostage, to save himself, and to preserve the dream of living an ordinary life at the side of the woman he loves. But first he and his men have to get out of the jungle alive | Jungle Rules by Paul Shemella, Paperback | Indigo Chapters