After graduating from college, half-Mexican/half-Anglo Jimmy Waters seeks fame and fortune but instead learns of his family's extraordinary, dark secret. He reacts by rebelling and joining the U.S. Army. Jimmy is selected for undercover duty following an unforgettable and devastating encounter. His compelling and electrifying story unfolds in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the beginning of the "war without end, " the worldwide drug revolution.It begins at Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern Arizona moves to Ft. Ord, California, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, Pohakuloa Base Camp, Big Island, Hawaii, and hits its peak in coastal West Central Mexico, south of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. There are mesmerizing diversions into Laos, Cambodia and French Indo-China.Jimmy is taught to kill, is forced to kill, and then kills with a purpose while learning in detail about war, morals, politics, the economy and to not judge others before knowing the truth. After he finishes his tour of duty, a stunning surprise and shocking visit promises hope and a new life for his future.