After Rick Travis, his son, Mike, and shipmate Yorgo arrive in Gibraltar on their broken-down yacht, they meet Jasper Wells. A retired American soldier who lives on an old power boat on the sea, he tells Mike the story of lost Spanish gold, a tale that begins before the Spanish Civil War and ends after World War II. Information Jasper learned at the American military attache office in Madrid indicates that all the Spanish gold reserves were not transferred to the Soviets. Some of the gold was even being misappropriated by Republican leaders as late as 1936. A thrilling story of international...

Yacht owner and author NICK ANDREWS is approached by an octogenarian, JACOB MARKIN to accompany him to Baghdad, Iraq to open a business during the on-going Iraq war. During the course of their conversations, Markin reveals interesting details of his life's history, beginning prior to World War II and continuing to the present. Each chapter reveals further information about Markin's life and the developing friendship between the two men. Markin has captained ships during three wars, had shady dealings in diamonds and jade, owned a farm in Zimbabwe, owned yachts, sold encyclopedias, antiques,...