In this gripping prequel to 'Escape: The true story of the only
Westerner ever to break out of Thailand's Bangkok Hilton', which
has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide and is now an ebook
bestseller in the UK, drug smuggler-turned-bestselling author David
McMillan tells it from the beginning. Throwing away an expensive
education as a teenager then a promising executive career, McMillan
hits rock bottom only to shake off the dust from the dirt-floor
warehouse that was his home to make his first million dealing drugs
before he turned 21. McMillan details his incredible plans to
smuggle two tonnes of marijuana from northern Thailand by Learjet,
befriend drug-dealing pimps in fishbowl brothels in Bangkok, rig
cockfights in Manila with disgraced British peer Lord Moynihan and
even transport liquid heroin in a transparent glass statue. Learn
the tricks of the smuggling trade as McMillan arms himself and his
teams of couriers with dozens of passports and custom-built
machines that frustrate border guards for years. Success for
McMillan comes at a heavy price as he builds up smuggling rings
around the world only to see them repeatedly destroyed. While this
true survivor overcomes prison time in half a dozen countries on
four continents, the true cost is the lives of almost everyone he
holds close. Soon enough the highlife of cash millions, glitzy
apartments and commuting by Concorde is shattered as the law
catches up with the urban-cool trafficker in Australia. Despite
eleven years jail, and release under heavy surveillance, McMillan
returns to the only world he knows: the smuggler's trail. Ahead lie
shiploads of marijuana from Colombia, the opium fields of
Afghanistan and death row in both Karachi and Bangkok.
General
Imprint: |
Monsoon Books
|
Country of origin: |
Singapore |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
September 2012 |
Authors: |
David McMillan
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
262 |
ISBN-13: |
978-981-4358-27-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
981-4358-27-4 |
Barcode: |
9789814358279 |
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